deep-dish

[ deep-dish ]

/ ˈdipˌdɪʃ /

made in a deep baking dish and usually topped with a pastry crust: a deep-dish peach pie;a deep-dish chicken potpie.

(of a pizza) baked in a deep pan and having a thick crust.

penetrating deeply; profound: the author’s narrative skill, global perspectives, and deep-dish themes.

pervasive or thorough; intense: He’s experienced some deep-dish racism.

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Students fill their trays with deep-dish pepperoni slices and napa salad and head to the lunch lady for checkout.
The Schools That Starve Students to Punish Deadbeat Parents|Brandy Zadrozny|January 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST
We could have worried along without Kipling, but her deep-dish pie with whipped cream on it was a poem that won our hearts.
Dwellers in Arcady|Albert Bigelow Paine
Philosophizing on the irrationality of old people, she proceeded to get enough scarcely-ripe peaches for a deep-dish pie.
Missy|Dana Gatlin
It was a deep-dish peach pie—I made it specially for Mr. MacGill.
Missy|Dana Gatlin

Her deep-dish pies became savorless, the whipped cream smeary and sad of taste.
Dwellers in Arcady|Albert Bigelow Paine