Other forms: takeouts
Takeout is restaurant food you collect and eat at home. Order takeout, a takeout menu, Chinese takeout.
It is the American word; Britain says takeaway, and Australia says takeaway too. The word covers the food and the shop alike. Delivery has largely replaced collecting it, but the word has stayed where the practice changed.
1nountakeoutRestaurant food you collect and eat at home.
“Let's just grab some Chinese takeout and eat it in front of the TV.”
takeout is food.
Also accepted in games: takeaway
Deverbal from take out.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA