takeout

Other forms of takeout

plural

takeouts·

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 takeout

What does takeout mean?

takeout 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 takeout?

takeout has 2 syllables: ta-keout. The stress falls on "ta". In IPA it is /ˈteɪˌkaʊt/.

What is another word for takeout?

Close synonyms include takeout food, takeaway, take-away. 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 takeout a common word?

takeout is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. 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 takeout?

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