leftover pizza
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- noun
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pizza sobrante
- The myth is you can microwave leftover pizza with a bowl of water, and it's going to revive it.
- eat leftover pizza
Examples
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After the party, we had some leftover pizza that we stored in the fridge for later.
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Hey, I've got some leftover pizza.
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There was leftover pizza, and he wanted to call the food bank and see if they needed it.
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Either that or some leftover pizza, or maybe a Hot Pocket.
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Thac and I have leftover pizza for lunch and the rest of the German beer.
Fiction book (1997) -
She walked into the kitchen, wrapped the leftover pizza in foil, and stuck it in the refrigerator.
Fiction book (1999) -
All right and there you have it, my spicy crab spinach ricotta leftover pizza on this New York style crust.
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She was excited to have leftover pizza for lunch the next day.
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He grabbed a slice of leftover pizza before heading out to work.
Synonyms
How Much
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'pizza that remains after a meal' is directly and compositionally derived from the adjective 'leftover' (remaining) modifying the noun 'pizza'. This simple adjective+noun pattern is a common and transparent construction across languages, so a B1 learner who knows both words will readily infer the MWE's meaning.
Etymology
Leftover pizza comes from a simple image: slices of pizza that are leftover on the plate after a meal. That's why the phrase means pizza that remains after a meal and is kept 'to eat later'.