ice cream cone vs pie

ice cream cone

noun
  • A thin, conical confection baked from crepe batter, sealed at its apex, used to hold ice cream while it is being eaten. 

  • An ice cream cone filled with ice cream. 

  • Any sweet, edible cone or half-open cylinder which can be used in this fashion; often made with wafer or waffle techniques. 

pie

noun
  • A type of pastry that consists of an outer crust and a filling. 

  • A disorderly mess of spilt type. 

  • A traditional Spanish unit of length, equivalent to about 27.9 cm. 

  • A pizza. 

  • The vulva. 

  • 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. 

  • The whole of a wealth or resource, to be divided in parts. 

  • The smallest unit of currency in South Asia, equivalent to ¹⁄₁₉₂ of a rupee or ¹⁄₁₂ of an anna. 

  • A pie chart. 

  • An especially badly bowled ball. 

  • Any of various other, non-pastry dishes that maintain the general concept of a shell with a filling. 

verb
  • To go around (a corner) in a guarded manner. 

  • To hit in the face with a pie, either for comic effect or as a means of protest (see also pieing). 

  • (of printing types) To reduce to confusion; to jumble. 

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