snacknoun [ C ]
uk/snæk/us/snæk/A2 a small amount of food that is eaten between meals, or a very small meal:
I had a huge lunch, so I'll only need a snack for dinner.
Fresh or dried fruit makes an ideal snack.
Many snack foods are high in salt, sugar, and fat.
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- I don't eat much for lunch - just a light snack.
- If there's a cafe nearby, we could stop for a snack.
- I have breakfast at 7.30, lunch at 1.00, and sometimes a snack in between.
- We were planning on just having a snack and catching the early train.
- Do you fancy a snack before we go?
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Meals & parts of meals
- accompaniment
- afternoon tea
- afters
- amuse-bouche
- antipasto
- dinner
- dinner party
- dinner time
- elevenses
- English breakfast
- packed lunch
- picnic
- plate meal
- ploughman's lunch
- postprandial
- smorgasbord
- teatime
- tiffin
- TV dinner
- working lunch/breakfast
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snackverb [ I ]
uk/snæk/us/snæk/to eat small amounts of food between meals:
I've been snacking all day.
If you eat three good meals a day, you're less likely to snack on biscuits.
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Eating
- al desko
- ate
- binge
- binge eating
- bite
- consume
- feast
- feast on sth
- feeder
- feeding
- finish
- gorge
- pig out
- put sth away
- scarf
- scoff
- shovel sth into your mouth idiom
- stoke
- swallow
- tuck
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