pie shell

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Noun pie shell has 1 sense

pie crust, pie shell - pastry used to hold pie fillings
--₁ is a kind of pastry

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Pie Shell

Noun

A pie shell refers to the pastry crust that forms the bottom and sides of a pie.

Example sentence: She carefully lined the pie shell with the homemade pastry dough.

Verb

To pie shell means to prepare or line a pie dish with pastry crust.

Example sentence: The chef showed us how to pie shell a pan before filling it with the scrumptious apple pie mixture.