shepherd's pie

noun

A meat pie having a mashed potato crust, especially one made with lamb or mutton.

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Meanings

nounshepherd's pie (countable and uncountable, plural shepherd's pies)

plural shepherd's pies · alternative shepherds' pie

  1. countableuncountableA meat pie having a mashed potato crust, especially one made with lamb or mutton.

    Here am I / Tiny Fly / May I share your Shepherd's Pie?

    1968, “The Hungry Intruder”, in Ogdens' Nut Gone Flake, performed by Small Faces

Translations

Catalan pastís de carn
  • pastís de carnkind of meat pie
Chinese Mandarin 牧羊人派
  • 牧羊人派 (mùyángrén pài)kind of meat pie
Finnish shepherd’s pie, paimenen piiras
  • shepherd’s piekind of meat pie
  • paimenen piiraskind of meat pie
French hachis parmentier, parmentier
  • hachis parmentierkind of meat pie
  • parmentierkind of meat pie
  • pâté chinoiskind of meat pie
German Shepherd's Pie
  • Shepherd's Piekind of meat pie
Italian pasticcio del pastore
  • pasticcio del pastorekind of meat pie
Polish zapiekanka wiejska
  • zapiekanka wiejskakind of meat pie
Portuguese escondidinho de cordeiro
  • escondidinho de cordeirokind of meat pie
Russian пасту́ший пиро́г
  • пасту́ший пиро́г (pastúšij piróg)kind of meat pie
Spanish pastel de carne, pastel de papa
  • pastel de carnekind of meat pie
  • pastel de papakind of meat pie
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