meat pie

noun meat pies · meat-pie · meatpie

1. countable, uncountable A pie containing meat. My sister-in-law from Corsica makes the best quiche and the best meat pie in the world.
2. Australia, New Zealand, countable, uncountable A hand-sized pot pie containing largely minced meat and gravy and typically consumed as a takeaway food snack. (a) Meat pie is cooked meat with or without cereal, condiments seasoning and water, enclosed in a case of pastry. (b) Meat pie shall contain not less than twenty-five parts per centum of meat when determined by the prescribed method.