pizza

noun

piz·​za ˈpēt-sə 

: 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

ˈpēt-sə-ˌlīk 

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

Food and drink The hotel’s restaurant, Dolce, serves breakfast, lunch, and dinner, and is best for housemade pastas and Neapolitan-style pizzas. —Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 May 2026

Not a dine-in spot — this is grab-and-go for people who plan their trip around pizza. —Lauren Schuster, Sacbee.com, 1 May 2026

After 58 years of tossing the dough, piling on the sausage and wheeling the pizza cutter across a landscape of mozzarella, Frank Serio has worked his last shift. —Donna Vickroy, Chicago Tribune, 1 May 2026

Brick oven pizza, pasta dishes and chicken, seafood or veal entrees in the TCU neighborhood. —Ella Gonzales may 1, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 1 May 2026

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

Phrases Containing pizza

• Margherita pizza
• Neapolitan pizza
• pizza Margherita

Kids Definition

pizza

noun

piz·​za ˈpēt-sə 

: 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"