snack food
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- noun
- /snæk fuːd/
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tentempié
- The problem is, there just aren't that many healthy packaged snack foods on the market today.
- favorite snack food
- fat snack foods
- candy and snack food
They need to be quick to eat, so they come up with snack foods.
- They need to be quick to eat, so they come up with snack foods.
- And you know, a lot of obviously snack foods fall under that label.
- Anything bright orange or yellow, candy, snack foods, chips.
- Are there any foods, whether it be snack foods or candies or anything that you would infuse into alcohol and and like be a fan of candy?
Examples
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Individuals need to be encouraged to plan ahead, therefore, and provide themselves with nutritious snack foods.
Academic text (1997) -
We packed the cooler with snack food and sandwich fixings and made our way to the park.
Blog text (23) -
I supply snack foods to the local markets.
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If we had to, we would eat two meals of snack food daily.
Fiction book (2002) -
Now, we still need ideas for snack foods and breakfast treats.
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These students consume less soda and snack foods, in school and outside of school.
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Cereals are good snack foods for the kids.
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From a rack of snack food, she chose a package of sunflower seeds.
Fiction book (2001) -
If you like a crunch in your snack food, we recommend Brad's Raw Foods' gluten-free, vegan raw chips.
Blog text (30) -
Cereals are good snack food for the kids.
Synonyms
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Food you eat between meals, like fruit or chips
Antonyms
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly and transparently derived from combining 'snack' (a light informal food between meals) with 'food' (substance eaten); the compound simply denotes food that is eaten as a snack. This noun-noun compounding is a regular, cross-linguistic pattern and will be immediately understandable to a B1 learner who knows both constituents.
Etymology
Snack food comes from putting snack (a small, quick bite) together with food (something to eat). Picture grabbing a handful of chips or nuts between lunch and dinner — that's why it means 'a light food typically eaten between regular meals'.