: 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
Examples of pizza in a Sentence
We ordered a pizza for supper.
I ordered pizza for supper.
a slice of pepperoni pizza
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More casual options include the aforementioned Terrasse, which is the closest thing to a main dining room on the ship, serving a Mediterranean menu of pastas, pizzas, salads, seafood crudos, and other crowd-pleasers done well.
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Paul Brady, Travel + Leisure, 15 May 2026
Adames would have paid his playing-time penance (as well as a fine to the team’s kangaroo court — perhaps funding a postgame pizza party), and everyone would have moved on from the mistake.
—Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 15 May 2026
The tropical flavor that was made exclusively for the pizza chain last year returns on the menu Monday, May 18.
—Erin Clements, PEOPLE, 15 May 2026
Oven toasted sandwiches can now be delivered by drone — but not pizza yet.
—Charlotte Observer, 15 May 2026
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Paul Brady, Travel + Leisure, 15 May 2026
Adames would have paid his playing-time penance (as well as a fine to the team’s kangaroo court — perhaps funding a postgame pizza party), and everyone would have moved on from the mistake.
—Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 15 May 2026
The tropical flavor that was made exclusively for the pizza chain last year returns on the menu Monday, May 18.
—Erin Clements, PEOPLE, 15 May 2026
Oven toasted sandwiches can now be delivered by drone — but not pizza yet.
—Charlotte Observer, 15 May 2026
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“Pizza.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pizza. Accessed 20 May. 2026.
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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"
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