calzone

noun cal·zo·ne \ kal-ˈzōn , -ˈzō-nē , -ˈzō-nā ; käl-ˈzȯ-nā \

Updated on: 17 Apr 2018

Definition of calzone

plural calzone or calzones

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

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The expansive menu also includes salads, calzones, pasta and entrees like hogfish piccata and clams and linguine.

— shayne benowitz, miamiherald, "Stock Island is Key West's laid-back neighbor. Here's why you should go | Miami Herald," 5 Apr. 2018
After nearly a year of delays, the first brick-and-mortar Terry's Pizza location in about 12 years is finally serving up pies, calzones and more.

— matt wake, AL.com, "12 years later, a beloved Alabama pizzeria is finally open again," 20 Feb. 2018
Eventually, a small kitchen will serve pizzas, calzones, paninis, soups, pulled pork sandwiches, chicken and waffles, and yes, hot dogs.

— amy haneline, Indianapolis Star, "Even more breweries and distilleries are on tap for Indianapolis in 2018," 2 Jan. 2018
All that and a lot of bickering and tweets about calzones.

— graeme mcmillan, WIRED, "While You Were Offline: Trump Wants US to Have a Space Force (Seriously!)," 18 Mar. 2018
In addition to traditional pizza offerings, other menu items include appetizers, subs, wings, calzones, dessert pizzas, salads and other specialty pizzas.

— julie a. short/special to cleveland.com, cleveland.com, "Duck Tape Festival still Father's Day weekend, days change: Short Takes on Avon, Avon Lake and North Ridgeville," 12 Mar. 2018
The calzone, drizzled with Nutella, dusted with powdered sugar and garnished with blueberries, strawberries and blackberries, was terrific.

— anna caplan, star-telegram, "MidiCi has some work to do if it wants to be part of Fort Worth's pizza pie," 1 Mar. 2018
There is no salad on the menu at Lucali, Mark Iacono’s candlelit restaurant in Brooklyn, only pizza and calzones.

— sam sifton, New York Times, "Most House Salads Are Terrible. Make Yours Shockingly Superb.," 1 Mar. 2018
Though panzerotti ooze similar fillings, they are made from a thinner dough than calzones and deep-fried, not baked.

— florence fabricant, New York Times, "Brooklyn Gets a Bite of Panzerotti," 30 Jan. 2018

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Origin and Etymology of calzone

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

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First Known Use: 1933

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