takeout

US/ˈteɪkaʊt/

takeout adjective: (Of food) intended to be eaten off the premises from which it was bought.

Adjective

takeout (not comparable)

(Canada, US) (Of food) intended to be eaten off the premises from which it was bought.

Synonyms:

takeaway, carryout, to go, takeaways, grab and go

Noun

takeout (countable and uncountable, plural takeouts)

(Canada, Philippines, US) Food purchased from a takeaway.
(Canada, US, countable, informal, rare) Synonym of takeaway (“a restaurant that sells food to be eaten elsewhere”).
- Have you strolled around King and James lately? McDonald’s, occupying the most prominent location, is flanked by a series of discos, take-outs, coffee shops and doughnuterias—an altogether unappetizing looking collection.1984 October 16, Bea Davids, “There are a few oases for the gourmet”, in Alex Beer, editor, The Spectator, city edition, volume CXXXVIII, number 244, Hamilton, Ont.: Southam Inc., →ISSN, →OCLC, page...
- Investigators visited dozens of Chinese restaurants, takeouts and buffets.2005 May 12, Jennifer 8. Lee, “As the cookie crumbles, winners galore in lottery”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 08...
Synonyms:

takeaway
(countable) A stone that hits another stone, removing it from play, a takeout shot.
(countable) A double of an opponent's bid, intended to invite one's partner to compete in the auction, rather than to penalise one's opponents.
(countable) A detailed news segment.
- Takeouts on important running topics in the news are one way to add a valuable dimension to the evening news. One consequence, however, has been that there are fewer minutes available on the broadcast for hard news out of Washington.1994, Penn Kimball, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, Downsizing the news: network cutbacks in the nation's capital (page 19)
(countable) A designated point for canoes, rafts, etc. to be removed from the water after use.
- My favorite is being met at a takeout (near where the fundamentalist Mormons, polygamists,^([sic]) have their compound/school/armory by a guy with a shotgun under his arm and a barely-restrained dog on a leash[)]. "What're you boys doin' on my land?" "We really didn't know it was your land, sir, it...1994 January 14, ROY WEBB, C.A., “industrial river running”, in rec.boats.paddle (Usenet)
- We are NOT whitewater canoeists, so I'm interested in an easy part of the river that would take about 3 days to float and would put us at a takeout where we could do about 3 days of hiking.1996 March 22, Evan Stepp, “Buffalo National River”, in rec.backcountry (Usenet)

takeout meaning in Arabic, Malay and Indonesian

takeout in Arabic

(of food) intended to be eaten off the premises from which it was bought: سَفَريّ safariyy

takeout in Malay

(of food) intended to be eaten off the premises from which it was bought: bungkus

takeout in Indonesian

(of food) intended to be eaten off the premises from which it was bought: bawa pulang, bungkus

Examples of takeout in a sentence

I was just driving by the wharfs out in Eastern Passage today and I noticed all the restaurants/takeouts there.2007 June 13, Why Me ?, “Eastern passage restaurants ?”, in hfx.general (Usenet):
The number of takeouts that have grubby floors is astonishing.2009 October 4, hellicopter, “Land tax will do little”, in nz.general (Usenet):
The campsite starts at the 'official' takeout, after the 'No Paddling Past This Point' type signs.1998 May 28, Charlie Wood, “Tryweryn Party w/e”, in uk.rec.boats.paddle (Usenet):

Synonyms of takeout

All synonyms of takeout

Forms of takeout

Adjective
alternative form	take-out
Noun
plural	takeouts

Origin of takeout

Deverbal from take out.

Words formed from takeout

Phrases with takeout

takeout doubles

Questions about takeout

What does takeout mean?: Takeout means (Of food) intended to be eaten off the premises from which it was bought.
What is takeout in Arabic?: Takeout in Arabic is سَفَريّ (safariyy). See Takeout meaning in Arabic.
How do you use takeout in a sentence?: I was just driving by the wharfs out in Eastern Passage today and I noticed all the restaurants/takeouts there.
What part of speech is takeout?: Takeout can be an adjective or a noun.
How do you pronounce takeout?: Takeout is pronounced /ˈteɪkaʊt/ (US).

Words near takeout in the dictionary

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