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Meatloaf vs Pizza - What's the difference?

meatloaf | pizza |

As nouns the difference between meatloaf and pizza

is that meatloaf is a dish of ground meat formed into a loaf shape, mixed with egg and breadcrumbs, then baked or smoked, and usually served in slices while pizza is pizza.

meatloaf

English

Noun

(meatloaves)
  • A dish of ground meat formed into a loaf shape, mixed with egg and breadcrumbs, then baked or smoked, and usually served in slices.
  • * 1876 , “Farm and Household. Selected Recipes.” [http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85025567/1876-02-16/ed-1/seq-3/#date1=1836&sort=date&date2=1892&searchType=advanced&language=&sequence=0&index=7&words=Loaf+meat+Meat&proxdistance=5&rows=20&ortext=&proxtext=meat+loaf&phrasetext=meat+loaf&andtext=&dateFilterType=yearRange&page=1], The Grange Advance (Red Wing, Minn.)
  • Meat Loaf .—Chop fine whatever cold meat you have, fat and lean together, add pepper, salt and finely chopped onion, two slices of bread which have been soaked in milk, and one egg mix well together and bake in form. This makes an admirable tea or breakfast dish.
    For his meatloaf , he mixed the meat, eggs, chopped onion, breadcrumbs, tomato sauce and a can of beer according to the instructions, then diced in an apple he had lying around.

    pizza

    English

    Alternative forms

    (wikipedia pizza) * pitza (South African English)

    Noun

  • (uncountable) A baked Italian dish of a thinly rolled bread dough crust typically topped before baking with tomato sauce, cheese and other ingredients such as meat, vegetables or fruit
  • a slice of pizza
    a pizza pie
    Want to go out for pizza tonight?
  • (countable) A single instance of this dish
  • He ate a whole pizza !
    Should we cook a frozen pizza for dinner?

    Usage notes

    * In phrases like (term) and (term), (term) refers to the toppings.

    Synonyms

    * pizza pie * pie

    Derived terms

    * pizza bone * pizza cutter * pizza face * pizza man * pizza parlor * pizza puff * pizza wheel * pizzeria * sheet pizza