pizzeria

[ peet-suh-ree-uh ]

noun

1. a restaurant, bakery, or the like, where pizzas are made and sold.

pizzeria

/ ˌpiːtsəˈriːə /

noun

1. a place where pizzas are made, sold, or eaten

Word History and Origins

Origin of pizzeria¹

1940–45; < Italian, equivalent to pizz ( a ) pizza + -eria -ery

Word History and Origins

Origin of pizzeria¹

C20: from Italian, from pizza + -eria -ery

Example Sentences

I remember the rush when I even got close to an Asteroids game in an arcade or a pizzeria.

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He and a neighbor friend worked for a time in a pizzeria in a nearby town.

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Gunfire suddenly erupted and his aunt hustled him and his cousin into the safety of a pizzeria.

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Then he opened a pizzeria, which became a neighborhood hotspot.

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I was a character called Mark Payne, who was a weird waiter who worked at a Pizzeria Uno.

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