potpie

American  

[pot-pahy, -pahy] / ˈpɒtˌpaɪ, -ˈpaɪ /

Or pot pie

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.

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potpie British  

/ ˈpɒtˌpaɪ /

noun

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

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Etymology

Origin of potpie

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

Example Sentences

We fold warm, peeled potatoes through mayonnaise, sauce our noodles in the pan and unravel over a potpie with a squidgy layer of puff pastry soaked with what’s below.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 3, 2024

“It’s like saying that new restaurant is better than this chicken potpie that fell on the sidewalk. It is, but you’re not really giving me much useful information there.”

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 6, 2023

This pie crust is a very enhanced crust to make sure it doesn’t deteriorate under the weight of the potpie filling.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 30, 2022

The chef, Ryan Schmidtberger, formerly at the Waverly Inn, will be serving oysters, charred cauliflower, squid ink linguine, veal schnitzel, vegetable potpie and roasted Dover sole.

From New York Times • Jun. 1, 2021

Diego had eaten most of what he’d bought, but there was still some potpie he was eyeing like he couldn’t decide whether to finish it.

From "We Are the Ants" by Shaun David Hutchinson