Chicago-style pizza

noun

A casserole-like deep-dish pizza with a characteristically high-edged crust on which the toppings are often layered upside down (first cheese and meat or vegetables, then tomato sauce).

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Meanings

nounChicago-style pizza (countable and uncountable, plural Chicago-style pizzas)

plural Chicago-style pizzas · alternative Chicago style pizza · alternative Chicago pizza

  1. countableuncountableA casserole-like deep-dish pizza with a characteristically high-edged crust on which the toppings are often layered upside down (first cheese and meat or vegetables, then tomato sauce).

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
deep-dish pizza

Origin

From Chicago + style + pizza. From being a style of pizza that originated in Chicago, Illinois, USA.

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APA

Chicago-style pizza. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Chicago-style%20pizza

MLA

“Chicago-style pizza.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Chicago-style%20pizza. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Chicago-style pizza,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Chicago-style%20pizza.

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