The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
n. A baked pie of Italian origin consisting of a shallow breadlike crust covered with toppings such as seasoned tomato sauce, cheese, sausage, or olives.
n. A baked Italian dish of a thinly rolled bread dough crust typically topped before baking with tomato sauce, cheese, and other ingredients such as meat, vegetables or fruit
n. A single instance of this dish
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n. Italian open pie made of thin bread dough spread with a spiced mixture of e.g. tomato sauce and cheese
Word Usage
"It was then, that the pizza man went on to open the box completely to reveal the Shakespearean tragi-comedy of it all the pizza velcro-warmer had done such a phenomenal job at keeping the pizza hot, that all the cheese had crumbled and slid to one entire corner of the pizza "