Definitions for fast food
fast food

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:1.0 / 1 vote

1. fast foodnoun

   inexpensive food (hamburgers or chicken or milkshakes) prepared and served quickly

WiktionaryRate this definition:3.3 / 4 votes

1. fast foodnoun

   A type of meal that is often standardized, pre-prepared, and served quickly.

2. fast foodnoun

   A type of food that is quickly made, but of low nutritional value; junk food.

3. fast foodnoun

   Anything standardized, quickly available, and inexpensive, often, of low value.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Fast food

   Fast food is a type of mass-produced food designed for commercial resale, with a strong priority placed on speed of service. It is a commercial term, limited to food sold in a restaurant or store with frozen, preheated or precooked ingredients and served in packaging for take-out/take-away. Fast food was created as a commercial strategy to accommodate large numbers of busy commuters, travelers and wage workers. In 2018, the fast food industry was worth an estimated $570 billion globally.The fastest form of "fast food" consists of pre-cooked meals which reduce waiting periods to mere seconds. Other fast food outlets, primarily hamburger outlets such as McDonald's, use mass-produced, pre-prepared ingredients (bagged buns and condiments, frozen beef patties, vegetables which are prewashed, pre-sliced, or both; etc.) and cook the meat and french fries fresh, before assembling "to order". Fast food restaurants are traditionally distinguished by the drive-through. Outlets may be stands or kiosks, which may provide no shelter or seating, or fast food restaurants (also known as quick service restaurants). Franchise operations that are part of restaurant chains have standardized foodstuffs shipped to each restaurant from central locations.Many fast foods tend to be high in saturated fat, sugar, salt and calories. Fast food has been linked to increased risk of cardiovascular disease, colorectal cancer, obesity, high cholesterol, insulin resistance conditions and depression. These correlations remain strong even when controlling for confounding lifestyle variables, suggesting a strong association between fast food consumption and increased risk of disease and early mortality.

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1. fast food

   Fast food refers to a type of mass-produced food that is prepared and served quickly. It is typically made in a standardized manner and is usually convenient, but less nutritious than traditional meals. It often includes items like burgers, fries, pizza, chicken nuggets and soft drinks served at chain restaurants, drive-thrus, or franchises.

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1. Fast food

   Fast food is the term given to food that can be prepared and served very quickly. While any meal with low preparation time can be considered to be fast food, typically the term refers to food sold in a restaurant or store with preheated or precooked ingredients, and served to the customer in a packaged form for take-out/take-away. The term "fast food" was recognized in a dictionary by Merriam–Webster in 1951. Outlets may be stands or kiosks, which may provide no shelter or seating, or fast food restaurants. Franchise operations which are part of restaurant chains have standardized foodstuffs shipped to each restaurant from central locations.

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of fast food in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of fast food in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of fast food in a Sentence

1. Lori Rosenthal:

   When we prepare our own meals we know exactly what the foods we are eating contain, when dining out, we are leaving the ingredients to the chef or fast food chain.

2. New York Governor Andrew Cuomo:

   On Thursday, I am directing the commissioner to impanel such a board, to examine the minimum wage in the fast-food industry, the board will return in about three months with its recommendations, which do not require legislative approval.

3. Chicago Police Superintendent David Brown:

   Each of their losses is a tragedy that impacts a family, a department and the city of Chicago, when somebody is forced to live on fast food and caffeine, while living in that constant state of what we call hyper-vigilance, for 12, 13, 14 hours a day, that takes its toll.

4. Ami Zota:

   Not only are our results highly statistically significant, you also want to look at whether the effects are meaningful, in our case, we saw a 20 to 40 percent difference between those who didn’t eat fast food and the high consumers, which we also found was striking. This is after accounting for differences in age, sex, ethnicity, household income and BMI.

5. Mayor Dario Nardella:

   Where once there were artisans' workshops, historic cafes, cinemas and old taverns, now fast food, pizzerias and low-grade restaurants have opened, ready to snare the first unsuspecting tourist.

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=fast food
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Fast_Food
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fast_Food
4. ^ ChatGPT
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5. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=fast food