Food / A2

TAYK-uh-way/ˈteɪkəweɪ/

A takeaway is hot food you buy and eat somewhere else (British): order a takeaway, a Chinese takeaway, takeaway coffee. Take out is a US cousin. Restaurant is sit-in. Delivery comes to your door. Do not write takeaway when you mean take away as a verb only, or takeaway vs holiday.

Meaning

Hot food you buy and take home to eat (British English).

Examples

• “We ordered a takeaway after the late meeting.”
• “There is a 24-hour takeaway opposite the station.”
• “We got a takeaway because the hotel kitchen was closed.”

Good to know

order a takeaway (British). Sit-in contrast: restaurant. Mix-up: take away (verb).

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