noun
pizzeria
peet-suh-REE-uh/ˌpiːtsəˈriːə/
A restaurant or shop that serves pizza.
The pizzeria serves a freshly baked pizza beside its oven.
Etymology
Pizza combines with a business-place ending modeled on cafeteria. The formation names a place devoted to making, selling, or serving pizza rather than the food itself.
In context
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More examples
- We order a mushroom pizza from the neighborhood pizzeria.
- A new pizzeria opens across from the school.
- The pizzeria offers slices as well as whole pies.
Forms
pizzeria · pizzerias
Similar words
- pizza shop
- An ordinary English name for the same kind of business.