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

For more casual meals, restaurants with pizza, pasta, burgers and tacos certainly popped up among the favorites. —Heidi Finley, Charlotte Observer, 10 Dec. 2025

For example, a landlord uses the student’s rent money to buy pizza, and the pizza shop owner uses the money the landlord spent on dinner to buy a new shipment of cardboard pizza boxes – and so on. —Bjorn Markeson, Fortune, 10 Dec. 2025

For many, pizza borders on a religious experience. —Michael Deeds, Idaho Statesman, 10 Dec. 2025

Papa Johns is a pizza chain with 6,000 locations globally, according to its website. —Michael Guise, CBS News, 10 Dec. 2025

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"