noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a chicken sandwich/salad/pie etc
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I'll make a chicken pie with the leftovers.
as easy as pie/ABC/falling off a log (= very easy )
cow pie
custard pie
mince pie
mud pie
pie chart
pork pie
pot pie
shepherd's pie
sweetie pie
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
hot
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Firelight reflecting, Red wax candles, Treble voiced choirboys, Spicy hot pies .
humble
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Come and take potluck eat humble pie whatever.
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The Midlanders have been eating humble pie this season, though they deserve better fare.
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Eat humble pie and get used to it mate.
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It was a bad defeat for an opponent who had already eaten humble pie after an outspoken attack on Wimbledon last year.
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The critics of Spinning were swallowing large slices of humble pie after the reformed gelding completed a fabulous Goodwood double yesterday.
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And along with their stirrup cups, they were all eating humble pie .
lemon
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That an occasional slice of lemon pie or order of bacon does no harm?
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All right, then, fish stew and lemon pie it is!
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They made a lemon meringue pie from the recipe on the back of a box of vanilla wafers.
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She is crushed between them and can hardly handle her fork and finish her lemon meringue pie .
nice
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The girl she spoke to was as nice as pie .
■ NOUN
apple
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That sounds like motherhood and apple pie until we examine what full employment really means.
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But if you want a great apple pie , use a variety of apples.
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By the time she had consumed apple pie and ice-cream she felt almost restored.
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I liked his new girlfriend.-\#Apple pie was invented in Irondale.
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Superb apple pie with sultanas and cloves, interspersed with crusty bread sandwiches of every description.
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Once, just after Inez served apple pie a la mode, Alfred snorted suddenly, loudly.
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They were just finishing the apple pie when the phone rang.
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For dinner, Aunt Mary made pot roast, steamed asparagus, wild rice, and, for dessert, apple pie .
chart
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There are limitations to the use of pie charts .
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Each numbered space in this pie chart refers to a question on the Experiment Sheet.
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However, these criticisms are outweighed by the visual impact which pie charts have.
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A pie chart can help the retailer or business-person see at a glance exactly where the money goes.
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Typically these will include bar charts , pie charts and line graphs although numerous other types can be prepared.
chicken
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Rhoda and my father lived on sausages and mash, and little crisp frozen chicken pies .
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Oh, and Marge will bake you a chicken pie .
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Nina's made us a chicken pie and some baked potatoes to go with it.
cottage
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The menu that night was cottage pie and chips, a combination which has remained engraved on my memory.
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When the reality is that a cottage pie housing a six-year-old ingredient could probably qualify as a listed dwelling.
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A short specials board offered herrings in dill or madeira sauce, much enjoyed, cottage pie and beef curry.
crust
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Back in the cabin I mix the berries with sugar and lemon peel, then roll out the pie crusts .
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Call it fear of pie crust .
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She brags about success with pie crust .
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Makes one 9-inch pie crust .&038;.
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Pizza means pie and a pie crust should crackle.
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Cake or pastry flour is good for both cakes and pie crusts but will not hold the dome of loaf bread.
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Spoon ice-cream mixture into ready-made pie crust .
custard
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He is the perfect recipient of the custard pie .
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I am looking for a diet custard pie recipe made with farina.
kidney
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There was a manic air to the way he ate his steak and kidney pie .
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Nobody could do very much to a steak and kidney pie , she thought.
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Often I could only afford a small steak and kidney pie and I'd give it to him, or a chop.
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She put down her newspaper as Sandra brought over the steak and kidney pie .
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Well it's like steak and kidney pie .
meat
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O'Lone had memories of meat pies and new potatoes, followed by sponge pudding.
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I can still see her, tucking those little meat pies inside her leather jacket.
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Fresh hose a clean shirt, a cup of claret, a meat pie and a manchet loaf!
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Then he ate meat pie and drank tea and could not recall a meal that tasted better.
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Leave some of the pastry crust when having meat pies . 4.
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Melton Mowbray - those delicious meat pies .
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Avoid quiches, pasties and meat pies , but don't be shy of the ubiquitous baked potato.
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She's sure to have got out the best china and baked a meat pie or something.
meringue
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They made a lemon meringue pie from the recipe on the back of a box of vanilla wafers.
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She is crushed between them and can hardly handle her fork and finish her lemon meringue pie .
mince
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Those looking for value for money could find the answer in Waitrose's deep-filled short pastry mince pies .
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Our expert tested the standard mince pies sold by each store, rather than the luxury versions.
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A spokeswoman from Asda suggested a thin slice of creamy Wensleydale cheese to turn mince pies into a gourmet treat.
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She took out her warmed mince pies and put them on a tray.
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We might get a mince pie .
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There will be toys, food baskets, mince pies and soup kitchens.
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But what about the uneaten mince pies ?
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You should taste her mince pies !
plate
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Cut off a narrow strip around the edge and use to line the dampened rim of the pie plate .
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Spray two 9-inch glass pie plates with cooking spray.
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Transfer to a pie plate , gently fit dough into plate and chill again.
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Pour into lightly buttered quiche pan or 9-inch deep dish pie plate .
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To assemble: Place 2 tablespoons of the Alfredo sauce mixture on the bottom of the pie plate .
pork
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But if you learn how to recognise the pork pies , you won't have to swallow them.
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All those goodies from pork pies to chocolate biscuits had to be atoned.
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Lay on a pork pie buffet.
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Now the furious businessman is to take his pork pies elsewhere after being chided for over-familiarity.
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The result in each case had been the conversion of my patient into pork pies and a drastic plummeting of my self-esteem.
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Then I thought of the knight of the pork pies and reflected that it might after all.
pumpkin
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Sure it adds fat, but no one ever accused a pumpkin pie of being diet food.
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Both dishes come with a choice of two sides. Pumpkin pie fans will enjoy the butternut squash puree touched with cinnamon.
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As for the usual pumpkin pie spices, she uses them sparingly.
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Eventually, we patched things up with some pumpkin pie .
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This bastion of meat and potatoes and pumpkin pie is under assault.
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What about these two pumpkin pies ?
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Vivid memories of her childhood holidays go on and on about birthday cakes, pumpkin pies , fruitcakes, and homemade candy.
shell
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Turn your mixture into the pie shell .
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When softened, spread the potatoes evenly over bottom and sides of the pans as for pie shells .
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Pour into 9-or 10-inch pre-baked, crimped pie shell .
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Margaret mixes dough and rolls out the pie shell .
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Place the cheese on the bottom of the pie shells .
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Spread it into cooled baked pie shell .
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Pile mixture into pie shell and garnish with reserved strawberries.
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Pour into two pie shells and bake for 15 minutes.
steak
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Hot and cold meals, with steak pie and haggis specialities.
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Is this a slug in my steak pie ?
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Specialities range from hot curries to lasagne and steak pie .
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More absurd was the sight of Johnny Marr in a Sale chip shop buying, wait for it, a steak pie .
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She put out steak pie and peas.
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A bag full of cocaine is one thing but a steak pie ?
■ VERB
bake
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She's sure to have got out the best china and baked a meat pie or something.
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Spread it into cooled baked pie shell.
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The urge to bake another pie began to take hold in the village towards the end of 1985.
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Oh, and Marge will bake you a chicken pie .
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Louise had baked a pie for him and was bringing a new pair of sheets from the airing cupboard.
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Revising for word use baking the pie . 5.
eat
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Come and take potluck eat humble pie whatever.
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It is estimated that three-quarters of the region's population eat pies regularly both at home and outside. 3.
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Then he ate meat pie and drank tea and could not recall a meal that tasted better.
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The Midlanders have been eating humble pie this season, though they deserve better fare.
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Cut down on fat. Eat pies , cakes and puddings.
make
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Mrs Garth, who was a teacher, now instructs students in her kitchen while she washes and makes pies .
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I've made a rabbit pie .
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He came to establish a theory for cooking eggs in their shells, for making creams and pies .
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Mum made mulberry pies the first year we were there.
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A: When making pie doughs, the butter should be well chilled.
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Nina's made us a chicken pie and some baked potatoes to go with it.
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I lack about 125 of making fourteen thousand pies .
serve
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He did, and took us to a restaurant that served shepherd's pie .
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Once, just after Inez served apple pie a la mode, Alfred snorted suddenly, loudly.
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Essentially, in disseminating their documents, these people are serving a raw pie .
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
be (as) nice as pie
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The girl she spoke to was as nice as pie.
be as American as apple pie
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The 9000 model cellular phone is made in Finland, but the technology inside is as American as apple pie.
eat humble pie
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Martinez had to eat crow when he bragged that the Red Sox would win the division and they came in last.
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Taylor's victory in the semi-final has forced many of her critics to eat humble pie.
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Come and take potluck eat humble pie whatever.
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The Midlanders have been eating humble pie this season, though they deserve better fare.
eat humble pie
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Come and take potluck eat humble pie whatever.
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The Midlanders have been eating humble pie this season, though they deserve better fare.
have a finger in every pie/ in many pies
sth is as American as apple pie
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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a piece of pie
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cherry pie
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steak and kidney pie
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A large number of young men reported eating white bread, chips, meat pies and sweets regularly.
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Eat humble pie and get used to it mate.
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I had my finger in the policy pie , as well.
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Lay on a pork pie buffet.
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Line 9-inch pie pan with 1 / 2 dough and arrange yam slices on it.
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Often after lavish feasting, enormous pies would be brought to the banquet table.
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On Monday night the club's members are looking forward to a pie and peas supper.
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Should they compromise with Clinton over a piece of the tax-cut pie or hold out for the whole pie?