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meat pies

meat pies is the plural of meat pie.

Meaning of meat pie

Noun

meat pie (countable and uncountable, plural meat pies)

  1. (non-idiomatic usage) A pie containing meat.
    • My sister-in-law from Corsica makes the best quiche and the best meat pie in the world.
  2. (Australia, New Zealand) A hand-sized pot pie containing largely minced meat and gravy and typically consumed as a takeaway food snack.
    • (a) Meat pie is cooked meat with or without cereal, condiments seasoning and water, enclosed in a case of pastry.
    • (b) Meat pie shall contain not less than twenty-five parts per centum of meat when determined by the prescribed method.1979, John L. Goldring, L. W. Maher, Consumer Protection Law in Australia, page 119

Questions about meat pies

What is meat pies the plural of?
Meat pies is the plural of meat pie.

Words near meat pies in the dictionary

  1. meat on one's bones
  2. meat on the bones
  3. meat pad
  4. meat pads
  5. meat pie
  6. meat pies
  7. meat puppet
  8. meat puppets
  9. meat rack
  10. meat racks
  11. meat raffle

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