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snack food

/ˈsnækfuːd/

snack food noun: a food traditionally or commonly consumed as a snack between meals.

Noun

snack food (countable and uncountable, plural snack foods)

  1. A food traditionally or commonly consumed as a snack between meals.
    • The consumption of snack food is linked with obesity.
  2. Any other food consumed as a snack.
    • ... Bee Wise with Bee Pollen, Bee Propolis, Royal Jelly smoothies or other drinks, or it may be eaten plain as a snack food by the spoonful.2010, David Wolfe, Superfoods: The Food and Medicine of the Future, →ISBN
    • ...in Italy, customers can buy an espresso; in India, the restaurants use lamb instead of beef; and in Athens, McDonald's sells spanakopita as a snack food.2010, Amy Kates, Jay R. Galbraith, Designing Your Organization, →ISBN

Forms of snack food

pluralsnack foods
alternative formsnackfood

Origin of snack food

From snack + food.

Questions about snack food

What does snack food mean?
Snack food means a food traditionally or commonly consumed as a snack between meals.
What part of speech is snack food?
Snack food is a noun.
How do you pronounce snack food?
Snack food is pronounced /ˈsnækfuːd/.
What is the plural of snack food?
The plural of snack food is snack foods.

Words near snack food in the dictionary

  1. snack bar
  2. snack bars
  3. snack box
  4. snack boxes
  5. snack down on
  6. snack food
  7. snack foods
  8. snack shaming
  9. snack street
  10. snack streets
  11. snack-bar

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