fast food — quick meal
collocationB1IELTS 5+neutralcommon
Food that is made and served very quickly, usually from a restaurant or takeaway, and is often not very healthy.
Say it like a native
Textbook I consume expeditiously prepared cuisine too often.
Native I eat too much fast food.
'Expeditiously prepared cuisine' is absurd; 'fast food' is the standard term.
Pattern: fast food (uncountable noun)
In use
- We grabbed some fast food on our way home because we didn't have time to cook.daily life
- In my country, many people eat fast food when they are busy, but I try to avoid it because it's not very healthy.IELTS speaking
Common mistake
✗ I eat a lot of fast foods.
✓ I eat a lot of fast food.
Uncountable — no plural.
Common collocations
fast food— eat, a, junk food, chain
Don't confuse it
Do not confuse with 'junk food', which means unhealthy food in general, not just food served quickly.