fast food

noun
food, as hamburgers, pizza, or fried chicken, that is prepared in quantity by a standardized method and can be dispensed quickly at inexpensive restaurants for eating there or elsewhere.

Origin:
1965–70, Americanism

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fast-food

[fast-food, fahst-]
adjective
of or specializing in fast food.

Origin:
1965–70, Americanism

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fast food
 
n
1.  food that requires little preparation before being served
 
adj
2.  (of a restaurant, café, etc) serving such food

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Example sentences
Fast food and motel franchises replaced small businesses.
The cheap food revolution has aided the fast food revolution.
Fast food isn't the only factor in rising obesity rates.
McDonald's sells healthy fast food, such as fruit and walnut salad, as well as
  the usual slabs of meat and cheese in a bun.
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