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cheese pizza

cheese pizza

3 1.0
A pizza with only cheese on top
  • noun
  • /tʃiːz ˈpɪt͡sə/
translation icon : pizza de queso
  • Give me a big extra cheese pizza and a light Coke.
  • slice of cheese pizza
  • plain cheese pizza
  • inch cheese pizza

It's going to be your Neapolitan cheese pizza.

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Examples

  • I ordered a cheese pizza for dinner because it's my favorite.

  • We were also pleased with the price of the $6.95 appetizer specials (choice of cheese pizza, calamari, hummus, nachos, tenders, or wings).

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  • Do we have a cheese pizza left?

  • Did you get cheese pizza?

  • A lovely cheese pizza, just for me.

  • I'm gonna grab that cheese pizza and some cake.

  • Large cheese pizza and three sodas to go.

  • My mother picked up the phone and dialed for a plain cheese pizza.

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  • She says as she picks up a slice of cheese pizza.

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  • I will say the cheese pizza is closest I've had to cafeteria pizza.

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cheese pizza
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Surface Forms

cheese pizza singular
cheese pizzas plural

Morphology

cheese + pizza

The meaning 'a pizza with cheese as the main or only topping' is directly and compositionally derived from combining 'cheese' with 'pizza' as a noun–noun compound: a pizza characterized by cheese. This is a common and regular compound pattern across languages, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily understand it.

Etymology

The name cheese pizza comes from a simple picture: a pizza covered only with melted cheese, with no other toppings. So it means 'a pizza with cheese as the main or only topping'.