deep-dish
adjective
: baked in a deep dish
a deep-dish pizza
especially
: baked in a deep dish with usually a fruit filling and no bottom crust
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Each week, 250 pounds of dough gets hand-stretched to make everything from deep-dish to Detroit- and New York-style pies.
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Susan Selasky, Freep.com, 23 Jan. 2026
When the Chicago deep-dish spot opened 12 years ago, owners Gary Bougie and his wife, Keri, partnered with Kowalski’s.
—Jess Fleming, Twin Cities, 20 Jan. 2026
The restaurant had become the home of the original vegan deep-dish pizza, shipping over 20,000 frozen pies across the United States.
—Zareen Syed, Chicago Tribune, 5 Jan. 2026
Instead of layering that into a pan, Tierney layered it into his deep-dish crust.
—S.e. Jenkins, CBS News, 15 Dec. 2025
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Susan Selasky, Freep.com, 23 Jan. 2026
When the Chicago deep-dish spot opened 12 years ago, owners Gary Bougie and his wife, Keri, partnered with Kowalski’s.
—Jess Fleming, Twin Cities, 20 Jan. 2026
The restaurant had become the home of the original vegan deep-dish pizza, shipping over 20,000 frozen pies across the United States.
—Zareen Syed, Chicago Tribune, 5 Jan. 2026
Instead of layering that into a pan, Tierney layered it into his deep-dish crust.
—S.e. Jenkins, CBS News, 15 Dec. 2025
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“Deep-dish.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/deep-dish. Accessed 5 Feb. 2026.
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