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fast food
- /ˈfæst ˈfuːd/
- /ˈfɑːst ˈfuːd/
noun fast foods · fast-food · fastfood
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Restaurant food that is served quickly, often standardized and pre-prepared.
Similar: short order
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A type of food that is quickly made, but of low nutritional value; junk food.
In the course of the last decade, it has become the dominant “fast-food” franchise in America—and it is now spreading abroad, carrying its gospel of machine technology wedded to cheap hamburgers wherever it can find a mouth-hold, and converting anyone it can to the glories of junk food
Similar: junk food
- Anything standardized, quickly available, and inexpensive, often, of low value. The best evidence is that Sandals, the fast-food king of island weddings, now markets the term weddingmoons.
adjective fast-food · fastfood
- Standardized, quickly available, and inexpensive, often, of low value. The best evidence is that Sandals, the fast-food king of island weddings, now markets the term weddingmoons.
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noun type of meal that is often pre-prepared and served quickly
| Español | comida rápida, platos preparados |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 패스트푸드 paeseuteupudeu, 즉석식품 jeukseoksikpum |
| 日本語 | ファーストフード fāsuto fūdo, 即製食品 sokusei shokuhin |
| 中文 | 快餐 kuàicān, 速食 sùshí |
| हिन्दी | फ़ास्ट फ़ूड fāsṭ fūḍ |
| Kiswahili | chakula cha kununua |
| Português | fast food |
| Français | fast-food |
| Deutsch | Schnellgericht, Schnellimbiss, Schnellkost, Fertigessen, Fertigkost, Fastfood |
| Italiano | fast food, cibo servito rapidamente, ristorazione rapida, ristorazione veloce, cibo veloce, cibo rapido |
| Ελληνικά | φαστ φουντ |
| Română | fast-food |
| Русский | фастфу́д fastfúd, фаст-фу́д fast-fúd, бы́строе пита́ние býstroje pitánije, полуфабрика́ты polufabrikáty |
| Tiếng Việt | thức ăn nhanh, đồ ăn nhanh |
| العربية | وَجْبَات سَرِيعَة wajbāt sarīʕa |
| עברית | פסט פוד |
Talk about this word "fast food." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/fast%20food. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. fast food. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/fast%20food "fast food." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/fast%20food.Cite this
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title = {fast food},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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