fast food

Definition

Restaurant food that is served quickly, often standardized and pre-prepared.

Example Sentences

• "In the course of the last decade, it has become the dominant “fast-food” franchise in America—and it is now spreading abroad, carrying its gospel of machine technology wedded to cheap hamburgers wherever it can find a mouth-hold, and converting anyone it can to the glories of junk food"
• "Everyone loves some junk food some of the time. That's why there are more than 140,000 fast food restaurants in the U.S."
• "In high schools with open campuses, students leave at lunchtime to buy fast food elsewhere. Since leaving school is unsafe, schools are opting to serve less nutritious foods so the students stay on campus. For example, many schools have invited junk food franchises into their cafeterias, including Subway, Taco Bell, and Domino's."