takeout
part of speech
noun (takeout, takeouts — US, Canada); adjective (takeout food); UK, Ireland: takeaway; Australia, NZ: takeaway
meaning for a pupil
1) Takeout is food cooked and bought at a restaurant or shop to eat somewhere else, usually at home. tree →
2) A takeout is the place that sells it or one meal bought this way. tree →
3) (sport) In curling, a takeout is a shot that knocks an opponent's stone out of play. tree →
sense in the lessons
In everyday life in the USA and Canada, families "order takeout" (pizza, Chinese food) on busy nights; in the UK, Ireland, Australia and NZ the same thing is called a "takeaway". In health lessons, takeout is fine sometimes but often has more salt, fat and sugar. In maths, takeout menus give prices for money problems.
examples
- We ordered Chinese takeout on Friday night. tree →
- Mum was too tired to cook, so we got takeout. tree →
- The takeout came in little paper boxes. tree →
- A large takeout pizza costs $15; how much for three? tree →
- (UK) In Britain, people say "takeaway" instead of "takeout". tree →
- Is this to eat in or takeout? tree →
- Too much takeout isn't good for you. tree →
note
North American word; also written "take-out". The UK, Irish, Australian and NZ word is "takeaway". Watch out: "take out" as two words is a verb ("take out the rubbish", "take someone out to dinner").
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «takeout» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.