Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sea pie

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.13 in modern English

Syllables
sea pie
IPA
8
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A dish of crust or pastry with meat or fish, etc., cooked together in alternate layers, once a common food of sailors.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

The oystercatcher (any of several black or pied coastal wading birds in the genus Haematopus that have a long red or orange bill and feed on shellfish).

Archaic

Example Sentences

Etymology

From sea + pie (“a type of pastry”).

Usage

Inflected Forms

sea pies (plural) sea pye (alternative)

Questions

What does sea pie mean?
A dish of crust or pastry with meat or fish, etc., cooked together in alternate layers, once a common food of sailors.
Where does sea pie come from?
From sea + pie (“a type of pastry”).

How to pronounce sea pie

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