pepperoni pizza
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- noun
- /ˌpɛpəˈroʊni ˈpiːtsə/
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pizza de pepperoni
- Yeah, I had pepperoni pizza.
- pepperoni pizza with cheese
- slice of pepperoni pizza
- large pepperoni pizza
And you must know Jason will be there with pepperoni pizza.
- And you must know Jason will be there with pepperoni pizza.
- Ladies and gentlemen, we're now ready to try our third pepperoni pizza.
Examples
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Two large pepperoni pizzas, please.
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Flynn, her roommate, ordered a large pepperoni pizza and ate it in the bathtub with her boyfriend while they watched TV.
Fiction book (1999) -
I got some sausage and pepperoni pizza!
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Yeah, yeah, we'd like to order a large pepperoni pizza with everything on it.
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Can I please order two pepperoni pizzas and some, uh, hot wings?
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Didn't you just eat four slices of pepperoni pizza?
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Pepperoni pizza.
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Four pepperoni pizzas.
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Jared: (handing him a slice of pepperoni pizza): Try it.
Fiction book (1999) -
On Friday nights, however, he might kick back and order a pepperoni pizza.
How Meaty
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly and compositional: 'pepperoni' specifies the topping and 'pizza' names the dish, so a learner who knows both words will infer a pizza topped with pepperoni. This noun–noun modification pattern is common cross-linguistically and follows straightforward English compounding, making it immediately understandable to B1 learners.
Etymology
The name pepperoni pizza comes from the clear picture of round red slices of pepperoni sausage on top of melted cheese on a pizza. That's why it now means 'a pizza topped with pepperoni'.