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TAKEOUT
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
(bridge) a bid that asks your partner to bid another suit
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("takeout" is a kind of...):
bid; bidding ((bridge) the number of tricks a bridge player is willing to contract to make)
Domain category:
bridge (any of various card games based on whist for four players)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Prepared food that is intended to be eaten off of the premises
Example:
in England they call takeout food 'takeaway'
Synonyms:
takeaway; takeout; takeout food
Classified under:
Nouns denoting foods and drinks
Hypernyms ("takeout" is a kind of...):
convenience food (any packaged dish or food that can be prepared quickly and easily as by thawing or heating)
Derivation:
take out (buy and consume food from a restaurant or establishment that sells prepared food)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Of or involving food to be taken and eaten off the premises
Example:
'take-away' is chiefly British
Synonyms:
take-away; takeout
Classified under:
Similar:
portable (easily or conveniently transported)
Domain region:
Britain; Great Britain; U.K.; UK; United Kingdom; United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; 'Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom)
