Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A baked or fried Italian turnover of pizza dough filled with vegetables, meat, or cheese.
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- noun A baked Italian
turnover made ofpizza dough and stuffed with cheese and other toppings.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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I love pizza and calzone is my favourite:) Nice filling too!
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Now I've got to make pizza:) Your calzone is gorgeous and the filling sounds so delish!
HHDD: Pizza! myriam 2008
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I'm the sort of person who thinks that a pizza is good, a calzone is always better - and this looks gorgeous!
HHDD: Pizza! myriam 2008
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Mar 22nd, 2007 at 9: 20 pm battlestations!! battlestations!! tried the ziti. stick with the pizza. also, the calzone was a big cheesy mess (not in a good way).
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Since it looks like something that should be portable, they feel that the calzone should be a self-contained meal.
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Since moving to Canada, its hard to find a calzone aka panzerotti with ricotta, They just don't make them that way.
Archive 2005-12-01 Randi 2005
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The dough on the calzone is a bit tough, but the mozzarella and ham filling is nice enough.
British Blogs 2009
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Don't miss a local favorite, the Nic-o-boli -- a kind of calzone superior to most -- at Nicola's Pizza (8 N. 1st St., 302-227-6211), a town presence for more than 27 years.
Rehoboth Beach, Del. 2008
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He couldn't imagine her fooling around with a calzone.
Water Ames John Gigounas 2011
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Until I got here I thought calzone was an Italian sandwich.
escandalosa 2009
sonofgroucho commented on the word calzone
A sorted of pizza folded over on itself.
November 27, 2007