pie

A former unit of currency of India.

An almanac of services used in the English church before the Reformation.

A baked food composed of a pastry shell filled with fruit, meat, cheese, or other ingredients, and usually covered with a pastry crust.

A layer cake having cream, custard, or jelly filling.

A whole that can be shared.

(pie in the sky) An empty wish or promise.

A dish consisting of a thin layer of pastry filled with a preparation of meat, fish, fowl, fruit, or vegetables, seasoned, generally covered with a thicker layer of pastry, and baked: as, beefsteak pie; oyster pie; chicken pie; pumpkin pie; custard pie.

Pies are sometimes made without the under thin layer of pastry. See pudding, tart, and turnover.