snack (noun)

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• snack — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ light, little, small ▪ quick ▪ We stopped for a quick snack. ▪ healthy, nutritious …   Collocations dictionary

• snack — ► NOUN 1) a small quantity of food eaten between meals or in place of a meal. 2) Austral. informal a thing that is easy to accomplish. ► VERB ▪ eat a snack. ORIGIN Dutch, from snacken to bite …   English terms dictionary

• snack counter — noun usually inexpensive bar • Syn: ↑snack bar, ↑buffet • Hypernyms: ↑bar • Hyponyms: ↑commissary, ↑milk bar * * * snack bar or sn …   Useful english dictionary

• snack food — noun /ˈsnækfuːd/ Any food deemed suitable for a snack. The consumption of snack food is linked with obesity. See Also: snack, food …   Wiktionary

• snack — noun 1 (C) a small amount of food that is eaten between main meals or instead of a meal: I only had time to grab a quick snack. | snack food (=food, such as peanuts or popcorn that is intended to be eaten as a snack) 2 snacks (plural) small… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• snack — (v.) c.1300, to bite or snap (of a dog), probably from M.Du. snacken to snatch, chatter (see SNATCH (Cf. snatch)). The meaning have a mere bite or morsel, eat a light meal is first attested 1807; the noun in this sense is from 1757. Snack bar is… …   Etymology dictionary

• snack|e|te|ri|a — «SNAK uh TIHR ee uh», noun. U.S. a restaurant or cafeteria which serves snacks. ╂[American English < snack + eteria, as in cafeteria] …   Useful english dictionary

• snack bar — snack ,bar noun count 1. ) AMERICAN an area where you buy food and drinks in a movie theater or at a sports event 2. ) MAINLY BRITISH an informal restaurant where you can eat small meals such as sandwiches …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• snack — noun 1》 a small quantity of food or a light meal, eaten between meals or in place of a meal. 2》 Austral. informal a thing that is easy to accomplish. verb eat a snack. Origin ME (orig. in the sense snap, bite ): from MDu. snac(k), from snacken to …   English new terms dictionary

• snack bar — noun (C) a place where you can buy snacks: Let s get a chilli dog at the snack bar …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• snack bar — noun usually inexpensive bar • Syn: ↑snack counter, ↑buffet • Hypernyms: ↑bar • Hyponyms: ↑commissary, ↑milk bar …   Useful english dictionary