deep-dish pizza

noun

Synonym of Chicago-style pizza (“a pizza casserole on a bread base”).

Meanings

noundeep-dish pizza (countable and uncountable, plural deep-dish pizzas)

plural deep-dish pizzas · alternative deepdish pizza · alternative deep dish pizza

  1. countableuncountableSynonym of Chicago-style pizza (“a pizza casserole on a bread base”).

    Synonyms: Chicago-style pizza

Synonyms & antonyms

nounSynonym of Chicago-style pizza (“a pizza casserole on a bread base”).

Origin

From deep-dish + pizza. From being made in a high-walled pan.

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APA

deep-dish pizza. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/deep-dish%20pizza

MLA

“deep-dish pizza.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/deep-dish%20pizza. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “deep-dish pizza,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/deep-dish%20pizza.

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