calzone

noun

cal·​zone kal-ˈzōn How to pronounce calzone (audio) -ˈzō-nē How to pronounce calzone (audio)
-ˈzō-nā;
käl-ˈzȯ-nā
plural calzone or calzones
: a baked or fried turnover of pizza dough stuffed with various fillings usually including cheese

Examples of calzone in a Sentence

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Aside from offering great pizzas and calzones, the menu is nothing like Zino's. Keith Pandolfi, The Enquirer, 3 July 2025 But the menu includes more than 20 traditional pizzas and calzones. Bud Kennedy, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 23 June 2025 The menu is filled with all kinds of Italian specialties—including pizzas, calzones, and pasta dishes—that will hit the spot after a day of adventuring throughout Interlaken. Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 16 June 2025 Ewing combined the existing calzone concept with a love for air fryers to make an impossibly thin tortilla-like pizza dough wrap stuffed with a medley of toppings and melty mozzarella cheese. Camila Pedrosa, Sacbee.com, 16 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for calzone

Word History

Etymology

Italian, from calzone (singular of calzoni pants), augmentative of calza stocking, from Medieval Latin calcea, from Latin calceus shoe, from calc-, calx heel

First Known Use

1933, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of calzone was in 1933

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“Calzone.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/calzone. Accessed 20 Jul. 2025.

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calzone

noun
cal·​zo·​ne kal-ˈzōn How to pronounce calzone (audio) -ˈzō-ˌnē How to pronounce calzone (audio)
-ˈzō-nā;
käl-ˈzȯn-ā
plural calzone or calzones
: a baked or fried turnover of pizza dough with various fillings usually including cheese
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