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pie crust

pie crust noun: the crust of a pie. Also the ellipsis of pie crust collar.

Noun

pie crust (countable and uncountable, plural pie crusts)

  1. The crust of a pie.
    • [T]he cooks were laying a refection before him of sack and anchovies and garlic sausage and gammons of bacon and - this was the important item - a great pudding dish out of which rose the noble dome of a crisp brown pie-crust.1936, Norman Lindsay, The Flyaway Highway, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 40

Also used as

pie crust is also the ellipsis of pie crust collar.

Forms of pie crust

pluralpie crusts
alternative formpiecrust

Origin of pie crust

From pie + crust.

Words formed from pie crust

Questions about pie crust

What does pie crust mean?
Pie crust means the crust of a pie.
What part of speech is pie crust?
Pie crust is a noun.
What is the plural of pie crust?
The plural of pie crust is pie crusts.

Words near pie crust in the dictionary

  1. pie charts
  2. pie chest
  3. pie chests
  4. pie chimney
  5. pie chimneys
  6. pie crust
  7. pie crust collar
  8. pie crust collars
  9. pie crust lease
  10. pie crust leases
  11. pie crusts

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