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fast food
1noun
food, as hamburgers, pizza, or fried chicken, that is prepared in quantity by a standardized method and can be dispensed quickly at inexpensive restaurants for eating there or elsewhere.
fast-food
2[fast-food, fahst-]
adjective
of or specializing in fast food.
fast food
noun
food that requires little preparation before being served
adjective
(of a restaurant, café, etc) serving such food
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of fast food1
Origin of fast food2
Example Sentences
On a corporate level, it’s what separates fast food institutions like KFC from Kroger’s deli counter; the “eleven herbs and spices” are the stuff of marketing legend.
Other ingredients in a fast food meal, like the salt on the chips, can affect nerve activity, she explains, but adds the effects of sodium on migraines have not been tested.
Consumers in the UK and Ireland spend billions of pounds in fried chicken fast food chains every year.
We grew up on fast food, and now so many legends are dying at 50, 55.
What you put on your TV, what fast food restaurants you pass by on the way to work, we are constantly being cued.
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When To Use
Fast food is food quickly prepared and served, often at chain restaurants and typically associated with less expensive and less nutritious items like hamburgers, french fries, and soft drinks.
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