piirakka — meaning in English
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English meaning
- empanada noun Any of a variety of stuffed pastries found in Spanish, Filipino, and Latin American cuisine.
- pasty adj Unhealthily pale in complexion.
- Patty noun A small, flat, round portion of ground meat or a similar mixture, usually cooked.
- pie noun A baked dish with a pastry crust and a filling, sweet or savoury.
- tart adj Having a sharp, sour taste.
Senses
piirakka is used for these senses in English:
- empanada Any of a variety of stuffed pastries found in Spanish, Filipino, and Latin American cuisine.
- pasty A type of seasoned meat and vegetable hand pie, usually of a semicircular shape.
- patty (Jamaica) A pastry with various fillings and spices baked inside a flaky shell, often tinted golden yellow with an egg yolk mixture or turmeric.
- pie A type of pastry that consists of an outer crust and a filling. (Savory pies are more popular in the UK and sweet pies are more popular in the US, so "pie" without qualification has different connotations in these dialects.)
- pie Any of various other, non-pastry dishes that maintain the general concept of a shell with a filling.
- pie A paper plate covered in cream, shaving foam or custard that is thrown or rubbed in someone’s face for comical purposes, to raise money for charity, or as a form of political protest; a custard pie; a cream pie.
- pirog A baked case of dough with a sweet or savoury filling, popular in Eastern Europe.
- pirozhki Small pastries filled with finely chopped meat, vegetables or fruit baked or fried, from eastern European cuisine, or a serving of these.
pasty — full definition
- adj Unhealthily pale in complexion.
- noun A baked pastry case filled with seasoned meat and vegetables, folded into a semicircle.