frozen dinners
Premade icy entrees
Frozen dinners are prepackaged meals sold frozen and meant to be reheated at home, typically in a microwave or oven.
They range from budget TV dinners in sectioned trays to upscale single-serve entrées.
The term often carries connotations of convenience over quality: I'm too tired to cook—just grab a frozen dinner.
- quick mealsRapidly prepared dishes
- hungry manOne craving sustenance
- instant noodlesFast-cooking dried pasta
- heat-and-eatFood needing only warming
- precookedHeated before packaging
processed food · microwave meals · ready meals · trays · plastic tray · freezer burn · microwavable · convenience · single-serve · bachelor pad · portion control · reheatable · store-bought · entrees · preservatives · sodium · ice crystals · comfort
- Frozen Foodsice cream, fish sticks, fish fillets, chicken nuggets, chicken tenders
- budget goodsstore brands, discount stores, dollar stores, generic medicine, instant noodles
- frozen mealsLean Cuisine, microwave meals, microwave meal, ready meals, meal trays
- groceriesfruits, grocery store, melons, supermarket, watermelon
- grocery itemsmilk, skim milk, cheese, cottage cheese, cream cheese
- Quick Mealssandwich, grilled cheese, quesadillas, cereal, sandwiches
frozen dinnersgourmet meals
Expertly prepared fine food
fine dining · gourmet dining · haute cuisine · slow food · tasting menu
freeze, frozen, freezing, dinners, defrost, frostbite, frostiness, defrosting, defrosted