APPLE-PIE BED

Meaning of APPLE-PIE BED in English

■ noun a bed which, as a practical joke, has been made with a sheet folded so that the legs cannot be stretched out.

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APPLE-PIE BED — noun : a bed in which as a joke the sheets are doubled like the cover of an apple turnover …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
APPLE-PIE BED — a bed that has been short-sheeted as a joke. Also called pie bed . [ 1770-80 ]
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
APPLE PIE BED — bed that as a joke the sheets are doubled folded (like the cover of an apple pie) so that a …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
APPLE-PIE BED — noun ( BrE ) a bed which, as a joke, has been made with one of the sheets folded back …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
APPLE-PIE BED — кровать, застеленная таким образом, что невозможно вытянуть ноги (проделка, распространенная в английских школьных интернатах)
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
APPLE PIE BED — кровать
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
APPLE PIE BED — кровать
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
APPLE-PIE BED — кровать, застеленная таким образом, что невозможно вытянуть ноги (проделка, распространенная в английских школьных интернатах)
Англо-Русский дополнительный словарь
APPLE — I Fruit of the genus Malus , in the rose family, the most widely cultivated tree fruit. Malus species are …
Английский словарь Британика
PIE — I. ˈpī noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English, from Old French, from Latin pica; akin to Latin picus woodpecker, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
BED
Webster's New International English Dictionary
APPLE — ˈapəl noun ( -s ) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English appel, from Old English æppel; akin to Old High …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
PIE — (n.) An article of food consisting of paste baked with something in it or under it; as, chicken pie; venison …
Английский словарь Webster
APPLE — (n.) Any fruit or other vegetable production resembling, or supposed to resemble, the apple; as, apple of love, or love …
Английский словарь Webster
PIE — ( n. ) An article of food consisting of paste baked with something in it or under it; as, chicken …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
APPLE — ( n. ) Any fruit or other vegetable production resembling, or supposed to resemble, the apple; as, apple of love, …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
PIE — pie 1 — pielike , adj. /puy/ , n. 1. a baked food having a filling of fruit, meat, pudding, …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
BED — — bedless , adj. — bedlike , adj. /bed/ , n. , v. , bedded, bedding . n. 1. a …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
APPLE — /ap"euhl/ , n. 1. the usually round, red or yellow, edible fruit of a small tree, Malus sylvestris, of the …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
PIE — I. ˈpī noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin pica; akin to Latin picus woodpecker, Old High German speh …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
BED
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
APPLE — noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English appel, from Old English æppel; akin to Old High German apful apple, Old …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
PIE — noun ·see camp, ·noun, 5. 2. pie ·noun the service book. 3. pie ·vt ·see pi. 4. pie ·noun a …
Webster English vocab
BED — vt to place in a bed. 2. bed ·noun ·see gun carriage, and mortar bed. 3. bed ·vt to furnish …
Webster English vocab
APPLE — vi to grow like an apple; to bear apples. 2. apple ·noun anything round like an apple; as, an apple …
Webster English vocab
PIE — [pie] n [ME, fr. OF, fr. L pica; akin to L picus woodpecker, OHG speh] (13c ): magpie [2]pie n …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
APPLE — [ap.ple] n, often attrib [ME appel, fr. OE aeppel; akin to OHG apful apple, OIr ubull, OCS abluko] (bef. 12c) …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
PIE — dish made by lining a shallow container with pastry (q.v.) and filling the container with a sweet or savoury mixture. …
Britannica English vocabulary
APPLE — fruit of the genus Malus (about 25 species) belonging to the family Rosaceae, the most widely cultivated tree fruit. The …
Britannica English vocabulary
APPLE — apple BrE AmE ˈæp ə l ▷ apple|s z ▶ ˈ apple ˌ blossom BrE AmE ▶ ˌ apple ˈ …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
PIE — / paɪ; NAmE / noun [ C , U ] 1. fruit baked in a dish with pastry on the …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BED
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
APPLE — / ˈæpl; NAmE / noun a round fruit with shiny red or green skin and firm white flesh : an …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
PIE — pie S2 /paɪ/ BrE AmE noun [uncountable and countable] [ Date: 1300-1400 ; Origin: Perhaps from pie 'magpie' ( ⇨ …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
BED
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
APPLE — ap ‧ ple S2 W3 /ˈæp ə l/ BrE AmE noun [ Language: Old English ; Origin: æppel ] 1 …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
PIE — n. 1 a baked dish of meat, fish, fruit, etc., usu. with a top and base of pastry. 2 anything …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
BED — n. & v. --n. 1 a a piece of furniture used for sleeping on, usu. a framework with a mattress …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
APPLE — n. 1 the fruit of a tree of the genus Malus, rounded in form and with a crisp flesh. 2 …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
PIE — n. 1 a baked dish of meat, fish, fruit, etc., usu. with a top and base of pastry. 2 anything …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
BED — n. & v. n. 1 a a piece of furniture used for sleeping on, usu. a framework with a mattress …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
APPLE — n. 1 the fruit of a tree of the genus Malus, rounded in form and with a crisp flesh. 2 …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
PIE — 1. n.1 a baked dish of meat, fish, fruit, etc., usu. with a top and base of pastry. 2 anything …
Oxford English vocab
BED — n. & v. --n. 1. a a piece of furniture used for sleeping on, usu. a framework with a mattress …
Oxford English vocab
APPLE — n.1 the fruit of a tree of the genus Malus, rounded in form and with a crisp flesh. 2 the …
Oxford English vocab
PIE — ( pies) 1. A pie consists of meat, vegetables, or fruit baked in pastry. ...a pork pie. ...apple pie and …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BED
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
APPLE — ( apples) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. An apple is a …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
PIE — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a chicken sandwich/salad/pie etc ▪ I'll make a chicken pie with the leftovers. as easy …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
BED — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a flower bed (= an area for growing flowers in a garden ) ▪ …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
APPLE — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a cherry/peach/apple etc tree ▪ We planted a peach tree in the backyard. ▪ the …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
PIE — [noun] - a round pastry container in which meat, vegetables or fruit are cooked and which might also be covered …
Cambridge English vocab
APPLE — [noun] - a round fruit with a firm white inside and a green, red or yellow skin, or the tree …
Cambridge English vocab
APPLE — n. Apple Computer Inc. apple scab custard apple
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
BED — Synonyms and related words : Colonial bed, Hollywood bed, Japanese garden, a world-without-end bargain, accommodation, accommodations, alliance, alpine garden, aqueduct, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
PIE — See: EAT HUMBLE PIE, FINGER IN THE PIE, PIE IN THE SKY, SWEETIE PIE.
Slang English vocab
APPLE — n. apple knocker apple polish apple polisher
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
PIE — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ apple , chicken , meat ( esp. BrE ), pumpkin ( esp. AmE ), etc. ▪ mud …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
APPLE — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ sweet ▪ sharp , sour , tart ▪ Add some sugar to the stewed apple—it's still a …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
PIE — n. 25B6; noun PASTRY, tart, tartlet, quiche, pasty, patty, turnover, strudel. See lists here and at cake . 25A0; pie …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
BED — n. 25B6; noun she got into bed : couch, cot, cradle, berth, billet; informal the sack, the hay; Brit. informal …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
APPLE — ( BrE Apple Mac , Mac ) the popular name for the Macintosh computer produced by the US company Apple …
Oxford Guide to British and American Culture English vocabulary
PIE — See: EAT HUMBLE PIE, FINGER IN THE PIE, PIE IN THE SKY, SWEETIE PIE.
Словарь английских идиом
APPLE — This is the name of a company that makes Macintosh computers. The reason this term is in the glossary is …
English Glossary of Computer and Internet Terms

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