adv
Alternative form of à la carte [By ordering individually priced items from the menu.]
n
A bite-sized hors d'oeuvre or appetizer that is served before a meal.
n
Alternative spelling of appetizer. [A small, light, and usually savory first course in a meal]
adj
as quoted (used on a menu to indicate that the price is not listed because it varies depending on the composition of a dish (as in a charcuterie or cheese platter) or because it is particularly high)
n
(East Anglia) A small meal taken mid-morning while farming.
n
An establishment offering cosmetic services.
n
(obsolete, humorous) A customer at a bar (place that sells alcoholic drinks)
n
A Punchman's assistant who collects money ("bottle") from the audience.
n
A restaurant featuring scantily clad female waitstaff.
n
An occasional meal for which a person on a diet is free to disregard the normal restrictions on what to eat.
n
A cook's helper, especially in a logging camp.
n
(informal, in the plural) One's eaten food (e.g. lunch, etc.), especially one's stomach contents.
n
Alternative form of cupbearer [(chiefly historical) One who ceremonially fills and hands out the cups in which a drink is served.]
n
(chiefly historical) One who ceremonially fills and hands out the cups in which a drink is served.
n
(Canada, Quebec) Alternative spelling of dépanneur [(Canada, Quebec, New Brunswick and Ontario) A convenience store, especially one that sells alcohol.]
n
(Canada, US, informal) One who dines and dashes.
n
A meal given to an animal.
n
A supplemental food in bar form, containing cereals or other high-energy foods.
n
(archaic) A restaurant where smoking is allowed.
n
Alternative form of fast-foodie [(rare) A fan or a connoisseur of fast food.]
n
The business of providing food and related services.
n
(colloquial, derogatory) Genetically modified food.
n
(Bermuda, countable) A large and fulfilling meal; a feast.
n
(food) A small, light, and usually savory first course in a meal.
n
Alternative spelling of hors d'oeuvre [(food) A small, light, and usually savory first course in a meal.]
n
Alternative spelling of hors d'oeuvre [(food) A small, light, and usually savory first course in a meal.]
n
(slang, rare) An upscale restaurant where one might take somebody to impress them.
n
(food) A palate cleanser; a small snack with a bright light neutral taste; a fruit; a fresh sparkling wine; or a fruity or milky cocktail; that is served between courses in a meal.
n
(informal) The consumption of alcohol with no (or little) food at lunchtime
n
(BDSM) A casual meeting for those interested in BDSM, usually at a restaurant.
n
Alternative form of munchy box [(Scotland) An assortment of fast foods — pizza, fries, doner kebab meat, etc. — sold together in a large flat box.]
n
(Southern England dialect) A snack or light meal; food; originally a farm worker's lunch to be eaten in the fields.
n
Alternative form of nuncheon [(now dialectal, archaic) A drink or light snack taken in the afternoon; a refreshment between meals.]
n
(US, dated) A convenience store specializing in pony kegs.
n
(Australia, New Zealand, by extension) The manager or owner of a hotel.
n
(archaic) Food or drink that may be consumed as a meal.
n
(US) The management of a saloon (drinking establishment).
adj
(of food) Prepared and served quickly.
n
(obsolete) A small piece of something, especially a piece of toast or fried bean eaten with soup or gravy.
n
A food traditionally or commonly consumed as a snack between meals.
n
(informal) A party platter with various snack items arranged in the shape of a football stadium.
n
Alternative form of snackery (“a place which sells snacks”) [A place which sells snacks.]
n
A small shop selling snacks.
n
Alternative spelling of snack food [A food traditionally or commonly consumed as a snack between meals.]
n
A time when a snack is eaten.
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(US) A style of food originating in the rural southern US, traditionally associated with African Americans.
n
The first course of a meal, consisting of a small, usually savoury, dish.
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A food item eaten as an accompaniment to a meal; a side dish; also, such an item eaten on its own as a light meal.
n
(obsolete) What may be supped; pottage.
n
Alternative form of supper hour [suppertime, the hour in which the supper meal takes place.]
n
The act of one who sups; the act of taking supper.
n
(television) A pre-prepared food item used in place of an unfinished food item in order to cut down the overall preparation time during filming.
n
(obsolete) A feasting at taverns.
n
(informal, chiefly medicine) A person, usually elderly and frail, with a diet lacking in nutrition.
v
(British India, intransitive) To have lunch.
v
(Britain, India, intransitive) To eat a (light) midday meal or snack.
n
A blend of foods for snacking on the go, as during hikes, usually consisting of some combination of dried fruit, nuts, seeds, granola, and sometimes small candies, cereal, etc.
n
A place where tripe is prepared or sold.
n
A rest period during the business day (usually of about 10 or 15 minutes), allowing people to fetch a drink.
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