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CONVENIENCE FOOD
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Any packaged dish or food that can be prepared quickly and easily as by thawing or heating
Classified under:
Nouns denoting foods and drinks
Hypernyms ("convenience food" is a kind of...):
food; solid food (any solid substance (as opposed to liquid) that is used as a source of nourishment)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "convenience food"):
TV dinner (a meal that is prepared in advance and frozen; can be heated and served)
ready-mix (a commercial preparation containing most of the ingredients for a dish)
delicatessen; delicatessen food (ready-to-eat food products)
takeaway; takeout; takeout food (prepared food that is intended to be eaten off of the premises)
