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

There are time recommendations for things like pizza, a croissant, or sandwich bread. —Scott Gilbertson, WIRED, 26 Nov. 2023

For someone wanting cold-weather comfort food, one night there was a potato pizza topped with blue cheese and rosemary; for a more traditional dish, there were options like baked salmon with lemongrass and herbs. —Samantha Falewée, Travel + Leisure, 26 Nov. 2023

The demo about buying pizza for a large group is more complicated than the current Big Tech voice assistants can handle. —Ron Amadeo, Ars Technica, 22 Nov. 2023

This gives the homemade pizza dough a tuggy, chewy texture. —Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 14 Nov. 2023

The trailer begins with a hungry, wide-eyed young Garfield stumbling across a man sitting by himself in a pizza parlor. —Kalia Richardson, Rolling Stone, 13 Nov. 2023

Head to Fireside Pies for a Burrata Pesto or Prosciutto & Parm pizza cooked on an open-flame firepit. —Jennifer Chappell Smith, Southern Living, 13 Nov. 2023

Speak Cheezy, which cooks up a variety of Sicilian, New York and Neapolitan sourdough pizza and was featured in the Washington Post’s Best Pizza in America guide, will also be on site. —Ethan Millman, Rolling Stone, 9 Nov. 2023

Before or after a day of shopping and sightseeing, Forte recommends grabbing pizza from Emma or getting a table at Roscioli for lunch. —Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 5 Nov. 2023

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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

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"