pizza

American

[peet-suh] / ˈpit sə /

noun

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 British

/ ˈpiːtsə /

noun

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

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It’s fantastic for some pizza with grandma and grandpa.

From Los Angeles Times

"If you think about taking a bowl of pizza dough and setting it spinning above your head, it flattens out," she explained.

From BBC

I have already tried six different types of pizza and look forward to more.

From The Wall Street Journal

The pizza chain on Thursday posted a profit of $8.63 million, or 21 cents a share, down from $15 million, or 44 cents a share, a year earlier.

From The Wall Street Journal

He is incessantly screaming at us to eat concoctions such as beer-battered meatball sandwiches, wrapped in a pizza and deep-fried in lard.

From Salon

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