takeaway

Other forms of takeaway

plural

takeaways·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about takeaway

What does takeaway mean?

takeaway means "prepared food that is intended to be eaten off of the premises". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in takeaway?

takeaway has 3 syllables: ta-kea-way. The stress falls on "ta". In IPA it is /ˈteɪkəˌweɪ/.

What is another word for takeaway?

Close synonyms include takeout, takeout food. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is takeaway a common word?

takeaway is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with takeaway?

55 words rhyme with takeaway. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.