pie

Universal Words noun [C,U] 1 fruit baked in a dish with pastry on the bottom, sides and top: a slice of apple pie * Help yourself to some more pie. * a pie dish 2 (especially BrE) meat, vegetables, etc. baked in a dish with pastry on the bottom, sides and top: a steak and kidney pie seealsoMINCEPIE, PORKPIE, SHEPHERD'SPIE seealsoCUSTARDPIE IDIOMS a piece / slice / share of the pie (AmE) a share of sth such as money, profits, etc. pie in the sky (informal) an event that sb talks about that seems very unlikely to happen: This talk of moving to Australia is all just pie in the sky. moreatAMERICANadj., EASYadj., EAT, FINGERn., NICE