Associations to the word «Takeaway»
Noun
Adjective
Wiktionary
TAKEAWAY, adjective. (chiefly UK) (Australia and New Zealand) (of food) To be eaten off the premises.
TAKEAWAY, noun. (chiefly UK) (Australia and New Zealand) A restaurant that sells food to be eaten elsewhere.
TAKEAWAY, noun. (chiefly UK) (Australia and New Zealand) A meal bought to be eaten elsewhere.
TAKEAWAY, noun. (golf) The preliminary part of a golfer′s swing when the club is brought back away from the ball.
TAKEAWAY, noun. (US) A concession made by a labor union in the course of negotiations.
TAKEAWAY, noun. (frequently plural) An idea from a talk, presentation, etc., that the listener or reader should remember and consider.
Dictionary definition
TAKEAWAY, noun. Prepared food that is intended to be eaten off of the premises; "in England they call takeout food `takeaway'".
TAKEAWAY, noun. A concession made by a labor union to a company that is trying to lower its expenditures.
TAKEAWAY, noun. The act of taking the ball or puck away from the team on the offense (as by the interception of a pass).
Wise words
Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing
in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in
the hands of one who knows how to combine them.