food order

Meal selection communicated

A food order is a request for prepared food, typically placed at a restaurant, café, or through a delivery service.

The term covers both the act of ordering and what was ordered: I placed a food order online, Your food order is ready for pickup.

In restaurant contexts, often shortened to just "order."

Related

restaurant · menu · waiter · kitchen · checkout · appetizer · entree · dessert · ticket · counter · pickup · diner · reservation · serving · tray · drive-thru · request · chef

Categories
Opposites
transaction phase

food orderbill

Amount owed, written

check · tab · payment · receipt · invoice

request vs. delivery

food ordermeal service

Organized provision of food

food pickup · order fulfillment

consumption sequence

food orderdirty dishes

Used plates needing washing

leftovers · empty plate · food waste · scraps

Family

food, order, foods, orders, ordered, ordering, orderly, disorder, reorder

Familiarity
Top 100,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G