pizzeria

[ peet-suh-ree-uh ]

noun

1. a restaurant, bakery, or the like, where pizzas are made and sold.

pizzeria

/ ˌpiːtsəˈriːə /

noun

1. a place where pizzas are made, sold, or eaten

Word History and Origins

Origin of pizzeria¹

1940–45; < Italian, equivalent to pizz ( a ) pizza + -eria -ery

Word History and Origins

Origin of pizzeria¹

C20: from Italian, from pizza + -eria -ery

Example Sentences

Johnston played pizzeria owner Jimmy Pesto Sr. in the animated “Bob’s Burgers,” a police officer in “Arrested Development” and a street-brawling newsman in the movie “Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy.”

From Los Angeles Times

Investigators used the opportunity to explore the drug supply chain to the pizzeria, leading them to bust a drug ring in western Germany weeks later.

From BBC

But before Morrison knew it, the clubs had closed and he was stranded under a metal awning at a pizzeria in a state of growing panic.

From Los Angeles Times

On the way back to Maykop they were put in a car without licence plates and taken to a pizzeria.

From BBC

Fred Bush cut across the failing pizzeria and headed behind the counter where a hulking oven idled in the pre-lunchtime gloom.

From Los Angeles Times

Related Words

• bar
• cafeteria
• coffee shop
• diner
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• inn
• outlet
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