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pizza

pizza

1.0
A round flat bread with tomato sauce and cheese, often with meat or vegetable toppings
  • noun
  • /ˈpitsə/
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  • At the party, we ordered a large pizza topped with pepperoni and mushrooms.
  • order pizza
  • pizza delivery
  • pepperoni pizza

They reached out and they sent pizza for the crew today.

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Examples

  • Do you want some pizza from Mountain Mikes?

  • Then we ordered a couple of pizzas, ate, and then I split back home.

    Fiction book (1991)
  • This place probably has at least my favorite pizza and ice cream.

  • Apparently he brought pizza and some beer.

  • It's just the pizza from last night.

  • Oh, is there pizza left?

  • The boys ran to the highway to wait for the pizza delivery truck.

    Fiction book (1992)
  • We were just gonna get a slice of pizza.

  • Reaching for another slice of pizza, Luis thought: I am going to remember this day.

    Fiction book (1992)
  • Krusty Krab Pizza is the pizza for you and me.

Synonyms

pizza pie
vspizza
  • US
4 1.0

A round flat dough that has tomato sauce and cheese on top

is the identical dish but named as an alternative or regional variant

Compounds

12 1.0

A small shop or restaurant that makes and sells pizzas

A pizza with tomato sauce, cheese, and slices of spicy sausage

5 1.0

A place that makes and sells pizzas

4 1.0

A round flat dough that has tomato sauce and cheese on top

3 1.0

A pizza with only cheese on top

2 1.2

A bagel topped with tomato sauce and cheese, then baked or toasted

Pizza kept to eat later after a meal

A pizza that has tomato sauce, cheese, and pieces of sausage

A pizza with tomato sauce, cheese, and salty anchovies on top

A pizza that has toppings and flavors from Japan like fish, seaweed, or mayonnaise

road pizza
  • Slang
9.9

A tire or object smashed flat on the road after a crash

9.9

Vomit left on the pavement after someone drinks too much

4.0

A chew for dogs shaped like a pizza slice given as a treat

A pizza with a thick rectangular crust baked in a pan and topped with tomato sauce and cheese

How Filling

lasagna
  • US
60 1.7
stew
110 1.0
pizza
1.0
sandwich
800 1.0
snack
471 1.0

Surface Forms

pizza singular
pizzas plural

Etymology

The word pizza comes from Italy and originally named a kind of flat bread. It is related to an old word pitta (like the modern pita) meaning 'flat bread' or 'flat cake', so it helps to remember pizza as a flat, round bread with toppings.