deep-dish

adjective

Of a pie or pizza: baked in a dish or pan with high sides.

Meanings

adjectivedeep-dish (not comparable)
  1. not comparableOf a pie or pizza: baked in a dish or pan with high sides.
  2. informalnot comparableVery thorough or intricate.
    1 more example

    The best gossip on Broadway these days is nothing you can read in the tabloids. You'll have to hear it in person, and believe me, you'll want to. This is very deep dish — layered with malice and kindness, truth and conjecture, and all the mixed motives that make human beings such endlessly intriguing subjects of speculation.

    2014 April 21, Ben Brantley, “Daniel Radcliffe Stars in Revival of 'The Cripple of Inishmaan'”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 04 Apr 2023
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APA

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Chicago

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