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street food

street food noun: ready-to-eat food obtainable from a streetside vendor, often from a makeshift or portable stall.

Noun

street food (countable and uncountable, plural street foods)

  1. Ready-to-eat food obtainable from a streetside vendor, often from a makeshift or portable stall.
    • All studies sought to distinguish between street food meals and snacks...1997, Irene Tinker, Street Foods: Urban Food and Employment in Developing Countries
    • In fact, street food may well be fresher than that served in restaurants and cafes, as it is cooked at the point of sale. It's certainly much cheaper.2000, Catherine Hanger, Morocco: World Food
  2. (broadly) Food of this kind served in other contexts such as dine-in restaurants.
    • Bustling with a lively crowd, this restaurant serves finger-licking Korean street food.2019, DK Eyewitness Top 10 London: 2020 (Travel Guide)

street food meaning in Arabic, Thai, Vietnamese and Myanmar

street food in Arabic

food obtainable from a streetside vendor
أَكْلُ الشَّارِع ʔaklu š-šāriʕ

street food in Thai

food obtainable from a streetside vendor
อาหารข้างถนน aa-hǎan-kâang-tà-nǒn

street food in Vietnamese

food obtainable from a streetside vendor
món ăn đường phố, thức ăn đường phố

street food in Myanmar

food obtainable from a streetside vendor
လမ်းဘေးစာ lam:bhe:ca

Forms of street food

pluralstreet foods
alternative formstreetfood

Questions about street food

What does street food mean?
Street food means ready-to-eat food obtainable from a streetside vendor, often from a makeshift or portable stall.
What is street food in Arabic?
Street food in Arabic is أَكْلُ الشَّارِع (ʔaklu š-šāriʕ). See Street food meaning in Arabic.
What part of speech is street food?
Street food is a noun.
What is the plural of street food?
The plural of street food is street foods.

Words near street food in the dictionary

  1. street fight
  2. street fighter
  3. street fighters
  4. street fighting
  5. street fights
  6. street food
  7. street foods
  8. street furniture
  9. street gang
  10. street gangs
  11. street girl

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