short-order
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3.9
- adjective
- /ˈʃɔrtˌɔrdər/
- US
:
rápido
- Short-order cook puts his hands to his face and falls to the ground, screaming.
- short-order cook
You've been a dishwasher, a short order cook, a bookkeeper, a tow truck driver, a gas jockey, bartender, plywood mill laborer and railway line worker.
- You've been a dishwasher, a short order cook, a bookkeeper, a tow truck driver, a gas jockey, bartender, plywood mill laborer and railway line worker.
Examples
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No, I think Justin and Bradley (Bradford?) would be a short-order cook and a dishwasher, respectively.
Blog text (27) -
The menu featured short-order dishes that could be served quickly to hungry customers.
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You have worked as a short-order cook for the past fifteen years.
Fiction book (1998) -
Was he short-order cooking all around Atlanta?
Fiction book (1998) -
It comes naturally; my father was a top-flight short-order cook at an all-night restaurant on the bay.
Fiction book (1994) -
He was an excellent short-order cook who made imaginative use of ready-made and local ingredients.
Academic text (1991) -
The short-order cook in a hairnet charges out of the kitchen at Mickey, wielding a meat cleaver and screaming.
Fiction book (1994) -
"Every second is a deadline" indeed, if you see yourself as a short-order cook sweating over a greasy griddle of link-bait.
Blog text (25) -
They were looking at him and nodding their heads when the short-order cook shouted in English, "Pick up!" The waitress took three steps toward the window to the kitchen and lifted a plate from the counter.
Fiction book (1996) -
At the diner, the short-order cook prepared burgers and fries in just minutes.
Synonyms
130
1.0
Happening or done without any delay
Antonyms
How Fast
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word short-order comes from two simple words: short meaning 'quick' and order meaning 'a customer's request'. So a short-order cook makes food quickly for each order, which is why short-order food is prepared and served fast.