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pizza
[ peet-suh ]
noun
- a flat, open-faced baked pie of Italian origin, consisting of a thin layer of bread dough topped with spiced tomato sauce and cheese, often garnished with anchovies, sausage slices, mushrooms, etc.
pizza
/ ˈ辱ːٲə /
noun
- a dish of Italian origin consisting of a baked disc of dough covered with cheese and tomatoes, usually with the addition of mushrooms, anchovies, sausage, or ham
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Word History and Origins
Origin of pizza1
1930–35; < Italian pizza (variant pitta ), perhaps ultimately < Greek; Cf. ḗt bran, ŧíŧ bran bread
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Word History and Origins
Origin of pizza1
C20: from Italian, perhaps from Vulgar Latin picea (unattested), from Latin piceus relating to pitch ²; perhaps related to Modern Greek pitta cake
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I'd say first and foremost, that mushrooms are reducible to poisons, pizza toppings and party drugs.
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A well-known restaurant even posted an image of a regular pizza topped with boiled eggs, alongside the caption 'Conor Benn special'.
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He did know where to put the microphones while dodging pizza.
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He had a choice between Anisa Khan, who sells Indian food-flavoured pizzas, and Dean Franklin, who runs an air conditioning company, in a battle he billed as "chilli versus the chiller".
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But many restaurants are offering some financial relief this week: discount deals on burgers, doughnuts and pizzas.
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