pizza

[peet-suh]

noun

1. a flat, open-faced baked pie of Italian origin, consisting of a thin layer of bread dough topped with spiced tomato sauce and cheese, often garnished with anchovies, sausage slices, mushrooms, etc.

pizza

/ ˈpiːtsə /

noun

1. a dish of Italian origin consisting of a baked disc of dough covered with cheese and tomatoes, usually with the addition of mushrooms, anchovies, sausage, or ham

Word History and Origins

Origin of pizza¹

1930–35; < Italian pizza (variant pitta ), perhaps ultimately < Greek; Cf. pḗtea bran, pētítēs bran bread

Word History and Origins

Origin of pizza¹

C20: from Italian, perhaps from Vulgar Latin picea (unattested), from Latin piceus relating to _pitch ²; perhaps related to Modern Greek pitta cake

Example Sentences

Armed with brightly colored markers and New Haven-style pizza, they wrestled with fundamental questions: Is it really colleges’ duty to send graduates into “high-impact” jobs?

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It required rolls of film that were the size of pizzas but only delivered 10 minutes of footage each and took five to change.

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But at the height of success, the lifestyle of tour bus toilets, hotel room pizzas and public opinion began to take its toll.

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The man then left the scene of the break-in with stolen underwear and pizza, White said.

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"Tesla without Musk is like pizza without cheese," he says.

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