calzone

noun

cal·​zone kal-ˈzōn  -ˈzō-nē 

-ˈzō-nā;

käl-ˈzȯ-nā

plural calzone or calzones

: a baked or fried turnover of pizza dough stuffed with various fillings usually including cheese

Examples of calzone in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Instead of ordering pizza, try homemade calzones stuffed with all your favorite toppings instead. —Mary Shannon Wells, Southern Living, 28 Aug. 2025

After all, the chain has popularized the Personal Pan Pizza and sells Melts, a calzone-like concoction. —Jordan Valinsky, CNN Money, 20 Aug. 2025

Aside from offering great pizzas and calzones, the menu is nothing like Zino's. —Keith Pandolfi, The Enquirer, 3 July 2025

But the menu includes more than 20 traditional pizzas and calzones. —Bud Kennedy, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 23 June 2025

Word History

Etymology

Italian, from calzone (singular of calzoni pants), augmentative of calza stocking, from Medieval Latin calcea, from Latin calceus shoe, from calc-, calx heel

First Known Use

1933, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for calzone

• boney
• boni
• bony
• coney
• crony
• monie
• mony
• phoney
• phony
• stoney
• stony
• toney

Kids Definition

calzone

noun

cal·​zo·​ne kal-ˈzōn  -ˈzō-ˌnē 

-ˈzō-nā;

käl-ˈzȯn-ā

plural calzone or calzones

: a baked or fried turnover of pizza dough with various fillings usually including cheese