fast-food

adjective

Of, pertaining to, or serving fast food.

Meanings

adjectivefast-food (not comparable)
  1. not comparableOf, pertaining to, or serving fast food.
nounfast-food (plural fast-foods)

plural fast-foods

  1. rareRare form of fast food.

    Estimate the number of calories in a fast-food that has 14g of fat.

    2004, Allan E. Bellman; Sadie Chavis Bragg; Randall I. Charles; William G. Handlin, Sr.; Dan Kennedy, “Scatter Plots and Equations of Lines”, in Algebra 1 (Prentice Hall Mathematics), North Carolina adopted edition, Upper Saddle River, N.J.: Pearson Prentice Hall, →ISBN, chapter 6 (Linear Equations and Their Graphs), page 319
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    Somewhat similar to the American version of a pizza but much less salty, zapiekanka (singular form) literally means baked, and is a popular Polish fast-food composed of a long baguette, sprinkled with chopped mushrooms, covered with cheese, and poured on top with ketchup, and additionally other toppings.

    2008 September 5, Anna Spiewak, “Zapiekanka, a true taste of Poland: Clifton eatery offers favorite Polish food”, in Clifton Journal, Clifton, N.J.: North Jersey Media Group Inc., →OCLC, page 3

    Doubles is a popular fast-food in Trinidad of two bara (fried flat bread) filled with channa (chickpea curry) and pepper sauce, kuchela (shredded mango chutney), and other sauces or salads.

    2016, Movindri Reddy, “Doubles”, in Social Movements and the Indian Diaspora (Routledge Contemporary South Asia Series), Abingdon, Oxfordshire; New York, N.Y.: Routledge, →ISBN, chapter 6 (Culture and diaspora)

Origin

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