deep-dish

See also: deep dish

English

Adjective

deep-dish (not comparable)

1. Of a pie or pizza: baked in a dish or pan with high sides.
2. (informal) Very thorough or intricate.
   • 2014 April 21, Ben Brantley, “Daniel Radcliffe Stars in Revival of ’The Cripple of Inishmaan’”, in The New York Times‎^[1], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-04-04:

     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.

Derived terms

• deep-dish pizza

 

See also

• deep-pan

 

References

• “deep-dish”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
• “deep-dish”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
• “deep-dish, adj.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.