Greek food
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- noun
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comida griega
- At the party, we served traditional dishes like moussaka and tzatziki, which are great examples of Greek food.
- Greek food and wine
I could eat Greek food all day, every single day.
- I could eat Greek food all day, every single day.
- Oh, Greek food is really underrated.
- You don't imagine they had Italian food but also Greek food.
- My best dish got to be Greek food.
Examples
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I could eat Greek food all day, every single day.
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I absolutely love Greek food!
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l guess we could just go get Greek food if you want.
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I got you some good Greek food.
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Look what they brought you, some Greek food.
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...would you like to go have Greek food?
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I enjoy Greek food, as well.
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We're having Greek food, right, Vincent?
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Oh, Greek food is really underrated.
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This was by far the best Greek food I've ever had (I used to go to the Charlotte Greek festival every year too).
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Synonyms
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Dishes and cooking styles typical of a place
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'the traditional cuisine or dishes of Greece' is directly built from 'Greek' (pertaining to Greece) + 'food' (what is eaten), so a learner who knows both words can infer the phrase. This adjective+noun compositional pattern is cross-linguistically common and follows standard English noun modification, making it immediately comprehensible to a B1 learner.
Etymology
Greek food comes from the simple idea of Greek meaning 'from Greece' and food. Think of olive oil, fresh fish, feta cheese and herbs cooked in village kitchens and on islands, and that picture shows why it means 'the traditional dishes from Greece'.