A takeaway is a shop or restaurant which sells hot cooked food that you eat somewhere else.
[British]regional note: in AM, use takeout
2. countable noun
A takeaway is hot cooked food that you buy from a shop or restaurant and eat somewhere else.
[British]
...a Chinese takeaway.
regional note: in AM, use takeout
takeaway in British English
(ˈteɪkəˌweɪ)
noun British
1.
a restaurant where food is ordered and made and is then taken away to be eaten at home or elsewhere
She would phone the takeaway if she hadn't had time to cook.
There wasn't a Chinese takeaway in sight.
2.
a meal ordered from such a restaurant
Let's get a takeaway and watch TV.
Let's have a Chinese takeaway tonight.
3.
an important idea or fact to be remembered, usually one arising from a meeting or discussion
I think this was my biggest takeaway from the meeting
adjective
4. British
of or relating to food which is ordered and made in a restaurant and is then takenaway to be eaten at home or elsewhere
a takeaway dinner
a takeaway pizza
Examples of 'takeaway' in a sentence
takeaway
It was easier to get a takeaway on the way back from the hospital.
The Sun (2016)
Within weeks, residents complained of increased litter in the area and dog waste bins crammed with takeaway food packaging.
Times, Sunday Times (2017)
But I was still happy to eat takeaways at home.
The Sun (2016)
After finding the body at 8pm they continued to take photographs around the building and then moved to another location before getting food at a takeaway chain.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
CHICKEN may have been the world's first takeaway food up to 2,800 years ago.
The Sun (2016)
Whether it was going for lunch near the hospital or getting a takeaway on the way home, our usual home-cooked meals went out of the window.
The Sun (2016)
There is a bar on site with takeaway food and some cheap and cheerful restaurants nearby.
The Sun (2012)
The oil in which takeaway and restaurant food is fried is another likely source.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
Sales staff sit around eating from takeaway boxes.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
They were promised takeaway a meal if they completed the task.
The Sun (2007)
When some very grand people came to visit his art collection they were given takeaway pizza.
Thomas Blaikie Blaikie's Guide to Modern Manners (2005)
People say that eating healthily is expensive but so are junk food and takeaways.
The Sun (2009)
Luck smiles in a pizza restaurant or takeaway.
The Sun (2011)
He continued with hot takeaway food.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
You can also limit takeaway dinners.
The Sun (2014)
Leave the takeaway menus at home.
The Sun (2014)
People cook rather than get takeaways.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
It's for local workers to buy takeaway food or eat at bar seats.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
And remains of roast dinners and Chinese takeaways are most commonly chucked out.
The Sun (2013)
We'd either eat out or get takeaways.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
THAT people have enough spare cash to buy a takeaway is a good sign.
The Sun (2015)
A night out can also mean a trip home via a takeaway.
The Sun (2013)
I was tempted to buy a takeaway and bring it to the room.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
VAT will be added to all hot takeaway food, closing a loophole that exempted certain products.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
In other languages
takeaway
British English: takeaway /ˈteɪkəˌweɪ/ NOUN
A takeaway is a shop or restaurant which sells hot food to be eaten elsewhere. A meal that you buy there is also called a takeaway.
Let's get a takeaway tonight.
American English: takeout
Arabic: وَجْبَةٌ جَاهِزَة
Brazilian Portuguese: fornecimento de comida para levar
Chinese: 外卖餐
Croatian: hrana naručena iz restorana
Czech: teplé jídlo přes ulici nebo restaurace, která je prodává