pizza

noun

piz·​za ˈpēt-sə How to pronounce pizza (audio)
: a dish made typically of flattened bread dough spread with a savory mixture usually including tomatoes and cheese and often other toppings and baked

called also pizza pie

pizzalike adjective

Examples of pizza in a Sentence

We ordered a pizza for supper. I ordered pizza for supper. a slice of pepperoni pizza
Recent Examples on the Web Who will go downstairs to get the pizza — and what will happen inside the apartment while they're gone? Chancellor Agard, EW.com, 6 Mar. 2024 Another set of people, two of them brothers who, according to a story in the Chicago Sun-Times, had in the past delivered pizzas for a Chicago restaurant called Mama Luna’s, formed a breakaway group called the Guerreros Unidos. Alma Guillermoprieto, The New Yorker, 4 Mar. 2024 Registration includes two slices of pizza, entry to Krohn. Luann Gibbs, The Enquirer, 3 Mar. 2024 If Henry and his friends want to share the pizzas equally, how many slices can each of them have? Lance Eliot, Forbes, 2 Mar. 2024 Not much, but enjoying a freshly baked pizza under the stars definitely elevates the experience. Gabriela Izquierdo, Southern Living, 1 Mar. 2024 Skip that happy hour invite (who needs an $18 cocktail, anyway?) and instead FaceTime with a sibling, shoot memes back and forth with your childhood bestie, or invite friends over and order pizza. Julia Ries, SELF, 28 Feb. 2024 The checker was an overhead camera programmed with AI and machine learning that scanned millions of pizzas to ensure workers had added the correct toppings and distributed them evenly. Rashi Shrivastava, Forbes, 23 Feb. 2024 The store, which offers specialty pizzas, sandwiches, salads and craft beers, opened in Sycamore Township's Kenwood Collection in 2017. Victoria Moorwood, The Enquirer, 23 Feb. 2024

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Word History

Etymology

Italian, perhaps of Germanic origin; akin to Old High German bizzo, pizzo bite, bit, bīzan to bite — more at bite

First Known Use

1825, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of pizza was in 1825

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Cite this Entry

“Pizza.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pizza. Accessed 19 Mar. 2024.

Kids Definition

pizza

noun
piz·​za ˈpēt-sə How to pronounce pizza (audio)
: a dish made typically of thinly rolled bread dough spread with a spiced mixture usually including tomatoes and cheese and often other toppings and baked

called also pizza pie

Etymology

from Italian pizza "pizza"

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