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 of pizza dough and stuffed with cheese and other toppings.

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Italian, pant leg, calzone, from calza, sock, from Vulgar Latin *calcea, from Latin calceus, shoe; see calceolate.]

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From Italian.

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Examples

  • I love pizza and calzone is my favourite:) Nice filling too!

    HTEAC Does Dinner: Homemade Spinach & Broccoli Calzone 2009

  • Now I've got to make pizza:) Your calzone is gorgeous and the filling sounds so delish!

    HHDD: Pizza! myriam 2008

  • 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

  • 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).

    Jiannetto’s Pizza Truck | Midtown Lunch - Finding Lunch in the Food Wasteland of NYC's Midtown Manhattan 2006

  • Since it looks like something that should be portable, they feel that the calzone should be a self-contained meal.

    Calzones | Baking Bites 2006

  • 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

  • The dough on the calzone is a bit tough, but the mozzarella and ham filling is nice enough.

    British Blogs 2009

  • 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

  • He couldn't imagine her fooling around with a calzone.

    Water Ames John Gigounas 2011

  • Until I got here I thought calzone was an Italian sandwich.

    escandalosa 2009

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  • A sorted of pizza folded over on itself.

    November 27, 2007