snack food

See also: snackfood

English

Alternative forms

• snackfood

Etymology

snack + food

Pronunciation

• enPR: snăkfo͞od, IPA^(key): /ˈsnækfuːd/

Noun

snack food (countable and uncountable, plural snack foods)

1. A food traditionally or commonly consumed as a snack between meals.

   The consumption of snack food is linked with obesity.

2. Any other food consumed as a snack.
   • 2010, David Wolfe, Superfoods: The Food and Medicine of the Future, →ISBN:

     ... Bee Wise with Bee Pollen, Bee Propolis, Royal Jelly smoothies or other drinks, or it may be eaten plain as a snack food by the spoonful.

   • 2010, Amy Kates & Jay R. Galbraith, Designing Your Organization, →ISBN:

     ...in Italy, customers can buy an espresso; in India, the restaurants use lamb instead of beef; and in Athens, McDonald's sells spanakopita as a snack food.

   • 2013, David Wolfe, Longevity Now, →ISBN:

     You can have salads that taste extraordinary! You can eat amazing foods like avocados and literally become hooked on them as your favorite snack food.

Related terms

• street food, streetfood

Translations

food consumed as a snack between meals

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 小吃 (zh) (xiǎochī), 零食 (zh) (língshí), 點心／点心 (zh) (diǎnxīn), 点心 (zh) (diǎnxīn)

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• Finnish: välipala (fi)
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• Maori: kai paramanawa
• Portuguese: please add this translation if you can
• Spanish: aperitivo (es) m, canapé m