Meaning & use
pepperoni pizza
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Meaning
nouncountable or uncountable
A pizza topped with pepperoni, a spicy cured sausage, and usually cheese and tomato sauce.
Grammar: Countable when you mean one whole pizza; uncountable when you mean the food in general.
Patterns
- order a pepperoni pizza
- a slice of pepperoni pizza
- pepperoni pizza with extra cheese
We ordered a large pepperoni pizza for the party.
She had a slice of pepperoni pizza for lunch.
Pepperoni pizza is their best-selling item.
Word forms
| plural | pepperoni pizzas |
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Common combinations
- a slice of pepperoni pizza
- He grabbed a slice of pepperoni pizza on his way home.
- order a pepperoni pizza
- Let's order a pepperoni pizza and some garlic bread.
- a large pepperoni pizza
- A large pepperoni pizza is enough for four people.
- pepperoni pizza with extra cheese
- I'd like a pepperoni pizza with extra cheese, please.
Synonyms and how they differ
- pizza with pepperoni
- A descriptive phrase rather than a fixed compound; it means the same but is less common as a menu item.
Word family
Commonly confused: pepperoni pizza or pepper?
pepperoni pizza vs pepper
Pepper is a spice; pepperoni is a type of sausage. They are not the same.
Practice
I'd like to order ______ pepperoni pizza, please.
Choose one answer.
Use 'a' because you are ordering one whole pizza. 'Some' would be possible for an unspecified amount, but 'a' is the natural choice when ordering one item.
Make it your own
Write a sentence using “pepperoni pizza”, then check it and compare it with the examples above.