take-out

Variant of takeout

takeout definition

take·out (-o̵ut′)

noun

  1. the act of taking out
  2. prepared food bought to be taken away and eaten at home, etc.

adjective

  1. ☆ designating or of prepared food sold as by a restaurant to be eaten away from the premises
  2. Bridge designating a double intended to force one's partner to bid rather than to penalize one's opponents
Also take-out take′·-out′

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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