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apple pie
Word definitions for apple pie in dictionaries
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
An apple pie is a fruit pie , in which the principal filling ingredient is apple . It is, on occasion, served with whipped cream or ice cream on top, or alongside cheddar cheese . The pastry is generally used top-and-bottom, making it a double-crust pie; ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 A pie or tart made with a filling of cooked apples. 2 (context figuratively English) Anything quintessentially American. vb. (context transitive English) Of a bed, to make an apple-pie bed.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
attested from 1580s, from apple + pie ; noted by 1893 as a typical American dish. Apple-pie bed as a name for a childish prank is recorded from 1781; supposedly from the way of making apple turnovers, but some think it a folk etymology of French nappe pliée ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. pie (with a top crust) containing sliced apples and sugar
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Apple pie \Ap"ple pie`\ A pie made of apples (usually sliced or stewed) with spice and sugar. Apple-pie bed , a bed in which, as a joke, the sheets are so doubled (like the cover of an apple turnover) as to prevent any one from getting at his length between ...
Usage examples of apple pie.
As a matter of fact, the very issue of WiPP into which I had slipped the odd finding from my apple pie likewise contained Wellcome's review of my latest novel, Beloved Babylonian.
He was an American man, she knew that, a man who would have a taste for milk and apple pie, a man who would appreciate the homely beauty of red check and gingham.
She didn't want to make a life's work out of swabbing up puke and urine, but she could do what needed to be done without adding two half-used pieces of apple pie to the mix.
Nearby lay a jug of strawberry cordial and a half-finished apple pie which they had requisitioned from Goody's cupboard.
Sister Sage put the finishing touches to a raspberry and apple pie and, wiping her paws on a flour-dusted apron, the old mouse stood back and watched Simeon, the blind Herbalist.