deep dish meaning: definition, quotations

deep-dish

adjalso spelled deep-dish

Of a pie or pizza: baked in a dish or pan with high sides.

Informal Very thorough or intricate.

The best gossip on Broadway these days is nothing you can read in the tabloids. You'll have to hear it in person, and believe me, you'll want to. This is very deep dish — layered with malice and kindness, truth and conjecture, and all the mixed motives that make human beings such endlessly intriguing subjects of speculation.2014 April 21, Ben Brantley, “Daniel Radcliffe Stars in Revival of 'The Cripple of Inishmaan'”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 04 Apr 2023:

noun

Abbreviation, Ellipsis, Informal Ellipsis of deep-dish pizza.

The slick of grease that normally accompanies deep dish is notably absent, even with the sausage pizzas. How'd he do that?2018 April 10, Nick Kindelsperger, “Is Chicago's best deep dish hiding in a glorified food court?”, in Chicago Tribune, Chicago, I.L.: Tribune Publishing, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 01 Nov 2022:
When I opened the container on my two Italian beef deep dishes, with hot giardiniera, I noticed the crust on one had started to crack and crumble, as if it had been knocked around in transport.2022 October 12, Tim Carman, “Italian beef deep-dish pizza is the Chicago mash-up of our dreams”, in The Washington Post, Washington, D.C.: The Washington Post Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 13 Oct 2022:

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