takeout food
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- noun
- /ˈteɪkaʊt fuːd/
- US
:
comida para llevar
- I, I was eating too much takeout food and, and I was just feeling so lethargic and I knew I needed to do something about that.
- order takeout food
- eat takeout food
- takeout food every night
It is titled Am I the asshole for secretly eating takeout food my pregnant wife cannot eat because she has gestational diabetes.
- It is titled Am I the asshole for secretly eating takeout food my pregnant wife cannot eat because she has gestational diabetes.
Examples
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Lunch was still at my desk, a falafel platter from Tam in the Village, with Moroccan carrots and some ginger lemonade, and thank God you can get takeout food that good in New York; you almost forget you're at your desk.
Blog text (34) -
And some left-over takeout food.
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The huge ad was touting a deli department with takeout food.
Blog text (21) -
As usual, they ate lunch in his chambers—takeout food from a bodega on the Grand Concourse.
Fiction book (1994) -
Very soon after they arrived, everyone had a neighbor or acquaintance who had worked as a security guard for them, been the cameraman for one of their TV appearances, brought them takeout food, pushed an elevator button, recommended a computer, and sold them a painting.
Fiction book (1998) -
I decided to order takeout food instead of cooking after a long day at work.
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She enjoyed takeout food from her favorite Italian restaurant on Friday nights.
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After the meeting, they all went out to grab some takeout food for lunch.
Synonyms
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1.5
Food prepared by a restaurant to eat somewhere else
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1.5
Food you buy to eat somewhere else
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2.7
Food sold to take away and eat somewhere else or a shop that sells it
Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase simply names a type of food composed transparently from 'takeout' (prepared to be eaten elsewhere) + 'food' — the overall meaning is directly derivable from the constituents. This is a common noun–noun compounding pattern seen cross-linguistically, so a B1 learner who knows the parts will understand it.
Etymology
The phrase takeout food comes from a simple image: customers take food out of a restaurant to eat somewhere else. That's why it means 'food prepared to be eaten elsewhere'.