Calzone

//kælˈzoʊn// noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A baked Italian turnover made of pizza dough and stuffed with tomato, cheese and other toppings.

    "It was a much classier presentation than the oil-stained paper plate I would use to transport my calzones of yore, and it tasted better, too. […] That was the first calzone I made after my Lucali meal, and the recipe is a good template for a calzone of the cheesiest kind."

Synonyms

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pizza pocket

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"The calzone is a pizza-like turnover, filled with tomatoes and cheese, whose name comes from an Italian word for "pants.""

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Italian calzone (literally “stocking, trouser”). Doublet of chausson.

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