Definition of Pie crust

1. Noun. Pastry used to hold pie fillings.

Exact synonyms: Pie Shell
Generic synonyms: Pastry

Lexicographical Neighbors of Pie Crust

pidginizes
pidginizing
pidgins
pie
pie-chucker
pie-dog
pie-eater
pie-eyed
pie-faced
pie-hole
pie-holes
pie-in-the-sky
pie-wipe
pie chart
pie charts
pie crust (current term)
pie floater
pie hole
pie in the sky
pie menu
pie menus
pie pan
pie pans
pie plant
pie safe
pie safes
pie server
pie shell
piebald
piebald eyelash

Literary usage of Pie crust

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Colonial Furniture in America by Luke Vincent Lockwood (1901)
"The handsomest of the Dutch tea-tables were what are popularly known as "pie-crust tables." One which came from Pennsylvania, and belongs to Mr. ..."

2. Dr. Chase's Recipes: Or, Information for Everybody; an Invaluable Collection by Alvin Wood Chase, William Wesley Cook (1920)
"... out each crust by itself, which causes them to dish so as to hold the tart mixture. And if you will have a short pie-crust this is the plan to make It. ..."

3. The Improved Housewife: Or Book of Receipts, with Engravings for Marketing by A. L. Webster (1855)
"Use plain pie crust for the lining of your plates or the under crust. ... To make Raised pie crust, or Potato pie crust, see No. 45. ..."

4. The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine by Roy J. Friedman Mark Twain Collection (Library of Congress) (1913)
"Roddy had taken Pie-crust up there when he put Swirly Snow out to prime him for Cheyenne ... PIE-CRUST was glad to see me when I gave him a peck of oats. ..."

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