potpie

or pot pie

[ pot-pahy, -pahy ]

noun

1. a deep-dish pie containing meat, chicken, or the like, often combined with vegetables and topped with a pastry crust.
2. a stew, as of chicken or veal, with dumplings, biscuits, or the like.

potpie

/ ˈpɒtˌpaɪ /

noun

1. a meat and vegetable stew with a pie crust on top

Word History and Origins

Origin of potpie¹

An Americanism dating back to 1785–95; pot ¹ + pie ¹

Example Sentences

We took chocolate chips, flour, eggs, butter, mixed them up, and instead of getting cookies we opened the oven and found a chicken potpie.

From Science News

A couple of years ago at the Hulaween gala, we actually did serve chicken potpie and the year before that, meatloaf.

From The Daily Beast

"Oh, I told her I thought potpie smelled a good deal like turkey," said Jessie, and again both laughed.

From Project Gutenberg

If I could shoot some squirrels or rabbits wed have a potpie and we wouldnt be hungry.

From Project Gutenberg

This certainty bored us, and sometimes I used to think if I couldn't find something in the potpie besides veal, I'd scream.

From Project Gutenberg

There's a potpie made of the cold meat, and it will all be cold together, for I took it up ever so long ago.

From Project Gutenberg

The only way yer kin break up a settin' hen when yer don't want her ter set is jest to make potpie o' her.

From Project Gutenberg