Phrase guide

meat pie

noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

A pie containing meat.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Qualifier: non-idiomatic usage

Topics: cooking, food, lifestyle

Examples

  • My sister-in-law from Corsica makes the best quiche and the best meat pie in the world.

Meaning relationships

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Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A hand-sized pot pie containing largely minced meat and gravy and typically consumed as a takeaway food snack.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Australia, New-Zealand, countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

pie made with meat or fowl enclosed in pastry or covered with pastry or biscuit dough

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: pie

Narrower terms: pasty, tourtiere, shepherd's pie, steak and kidney pie, kidney pie

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

17 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Mandarin: 肉餡餅 /肉馅饼 (ròuxiànbǐng) — pie containing meat
  • Chinese Mandarin: 肉餅 /肉饼 (ròubǐng) — pie containing meat
  • Finnish: lihapiirakka — pie containing meat
  • Finnish: lihapiiras — pie containing meat
  • French: tourte — pie containing meat
  • Ido: torto — pie containing meat
  • Irish: pióg fheola — pie containing meat
  • Italian: pasticcio di carne — pie containing meat
  • Japanese: ミートパイ (mīto pai) — pie containing meat
  • Korean: 고기 파이 (gogi pai) — pie containing meat
  • Maltese: torta tal-laħam — pie containing meat
  • Polish: ciasto z nadzieniem mięsnym — pie containing meat
  • Russian: мясно́й пиро́г (mjasnój piróg) — pie containing meat
  • Russian: пиро́г с мя́сом (piróg s mjásom) — pie containing meat
  • Shor: кӱрмек (kürmek) — pie containing meat
  • Spanish: pastel de carne — pie containing meat
  • Ukrainian: м'ясни́й пирі́г (mʺjasnýj pyríh) — pie containing meat