pizza oven

English

Etymology

pizza +‎ oven. From being an oven specialized for making pizza.

Noun

pizza oven (plural pizza ovens)

1. (informal) Synonym of conveyor oven. (From being frequently found in modern pizzerias.)
2. (informal) A wood-fired brick oven with a stone floor in the baking chamber. (From being an oven found in traditional pizzerias, and an accessory built in backyards for pizza)
3. A specialized infrared oven; a squat thin oven which fits a single pizza, that uses high intensity infrared lamps to rapidly blast and bake a pizza.

Coordinate terms

• pizza pan
• pizza dish
• pizza stone