food court
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- noun
- /fuːd kɔːrt/
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patio de comidas
- Many families enjoy dining together in the food court at the mall.
And so we walk together and we go into the food court and there's this ice cream shop.
- And so we walk together and we go into the food court and there's this ice cream shop.
- I was also working at Charlie's Philly cheese steaks at the mall food court at the same time.
- There's so many brand activations, huge food court and like drinking garden.
- So Assembly Hall is like a sort of like a food court on steroids.
- There are also symbols for people who bring a meal from the food court.
Examples
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It was magic on our first date at the food court in the mall.
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And so we walk together and we go into the food court and there's this ice cream shop.
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Are we going back to the food court after all that?
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Can you take a look at the food court?
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Can I get a ride to the food court?
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Hung out at the food court.
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I'm gonna hit the food court.
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Queens Marketplace does have a pretty good food court if you just want a quick snack.
Blog text (10) -
Well, go to the food court and get one of those funnel cakes you like.
Fiction book (2000) -
BOB: The actual pool will be five pools, picnic area, playground, state-of-the-art locker room, and the best food court in the tri-state area.
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Morphology
The meaning is directly and compositionally derived from 'food' (items to eat) plus 'court' (an open or partly enclosed communal space): together they denote a communal area for eating. This noun–noun compound follows a common, cross-linguistic pattern and should be immediately comprehensible to a B1 learner who knows both constituents.
Etymology
The name food court comes from the old idea of a court as an open space or small courtyard where sellers and people meet. Picture many food stalls around a shared seating area like a little square, so food court means 'a part of a mall with many different food sellers and seats for everyone'.