WordHive Learning Dictionary

Pizza

noun

Pizza is a baked food with crust, sauce, and toppings.

5 letters 2 syllables

What does Pizza mean?

Pizza is a baked food with crust, sauce, and toppings.

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Dictionary definition

A flat baked food with a crust, sauce, cheese, and other toppings.

Example sentences

Pizza in a sentence

easy

We shared a pizza for dinner.

medium

The pizza had cheese, tomato sauce, and peppers.

hard

People can choose different pizza toppings to match their tastes and traditions.

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Practice the meaning of Pizza

Answer three quick questions about its meaning and related words.

Practice 1

What does pizza mean?

Practice 2

Which sentence uses pizza correctly?

Practice 3

Which clue best matches pizza?

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Pizza

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Synonyms

Words like Pizza

flatbreadA flat baked bread that can hold toppings.
mealFood eaten at one time.
Antonym review

Does Pizza have an opposite?

No antonyms listed yet.

Synonym practice

Want to practice pizza synonyms in context? Try a Synonym Search question like "The pizza had cheese and tomatoes on top," then compare close word choices. Practice pizza synonyms.

Word family

Pizza word family

Base word

pizza

noun

pizzas

More than one pizza.

Related words
Student support

Understand Pizza

Hint for students

Pizza is a baked food with a flat crust, sauce, cheese, and toppings.

Common mix-up

Pizza is not the same as pie in most school sentences. Pizza has a savory crust with toppings; pie is usually a dessert or a filled baked dish.

Try it in class or at home

Write one sentence that shows pizza without using the word pizza. Model sentence: The round slice had melted cheese, tomato sauce, and a crispy crust. Clue words: round slice, melted cheese, tomato sauce, crispy crust Now try your own sentence. Ask: Does my sentence show a baked crust with sauce, cheese, and toppings?

Teacher prompt

Ask students to explain this model sentence: "We shared a pizza with cheese, sauce, and vegetables on top." Why does pizza fit better than sandwich?