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pizzaiolo

pizzaiolo noun: one who makes pizzas; a pizzamaker.

Noun

pizzaiolo (plural pizzaiolos or pizzaioli)

  1. One who makes pizzas; a pizzamaker.
    • The wood-burning ovens and rock-star pizzaioli that seemed exotic not long ago are becoming familiar.2010 August 25, Oliver Strand, “New York Pizza Enters a Golden Age”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC
    • Mr. Arena routinely travels to pizzerias, and also responds to questions from pizzaiolos from around the world, including Brazil and China. […] Evel Pie, where Mr. Rotolo was once the head pizzaiolo, has a punk-rock-meets-Evel-Knievel aesthetic, replete with a Knievel-themed pinball machine...2020 March 6, Robert Spuhler, “In Las Vegas, the Home-Style Pizza Is an Everything Pie”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC

Forms of pizzaiolo

pluralpizzaiolos
pluralpizzaioli

Origin of pizzaiolo

Borrowed from Italian pizzaiolo.

Questions about pizzaiolo

What does pizzaiolo mean?
Pizzaiolo means one who makes pizzas; a pizzamaker.
What part of speech is pizzaiolo?
Pizzaiolo is a noun.
What is the plural of pizzaiolo?
The plural of pizzaiolo is pizzaiolos.

Words near pizzaiolo in the dictionary

  1. pizzaheads
  2. pizzaholic
  3. pizzaholics
  4. pizzaiola
  5. pizzaioli
  6. pizzaiolo
  7. pizzaiolos
  8. pizzaless
  9. pizzalicious
  10. pizzalike
  11. pizzamaker

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