pizza

American  

[peet-suh] / ˈpit sə /

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.

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pizza British  

/ 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

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Etymology

Origin of pizza

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

Example Sentences

After dinner — the couple’s first Chicago tavern-style pizza — Sullivan offered Faqiri a box to save her last slice, and she hesitated.

From Los Angeles Times

A year before Anderberg died, Matthew Bass, a 34-year-old British Airways flight attendant was having pizza and drinks with colleagues when he went to lie down and suddenly stopped breathing.

From The Wall Street Journal

They would also often meet for dinner, sometimes lavish meals, gossiping and bantering over dim sum, pizza or claypot rice.

From BBC

“We played in the same parks, went swimming in the same pools, liked the same pizza places to go to. I mean, it’s that real.”

From The Wall Street Journal

CPK was founded in 1985 in Beverly Hills by two former federal prosecutors, bringing a twist to pizza in casual dining restaurants.

From Los Angeles Times