food court
nounDefinition of food court
: an area within a building (such as a shopping mall) set apart for food concessions
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At the new food court, a high-temperature dome oven is in place at Sirico’s to make pizzas. — Michael Mayo, sun-sentinel.com, "Hard Rock Hollywood opens new food court, center bar and bigger Bol restaurant," 9 Aug. 2019 Witnesses gathered nearby, many of them revisiting the chaos of the previous night — of people fleeing the food court, of children dropping to the ground as gunshots popped all around them. — Erin Allday, SFChronicle.com, "Gilroy Garlic Festival shooting: A town in shock; suspected killer and 3 victims identified," 29 July 2019 But 20 years after the Sony Metreon boldly declared itself the future, the building is nestled squarely in the present; a routine destination anchored by a multiplex, City Target and food court. — San Francisco Chronicle, "Like everything else involved with the project, the chrome marketing folder was shiny and filled with hope, as if the owners were selling a new subdivision on the moons of Jupiter.," 26 July 2019 Dominguez negotiated a city incentive package worth $5.7 million to finance the $227 million redevelopment, which will include a military medical research facility, commercial lab and office space, a business incubator, a hotel and a food court. — Joshua Fechter, ExpressNews.com, "San Antonio economic development head leaving city for firm that got $5.7 million in city incentives," 12 July 2019 Anyone who was at the food court at that time who has not been vaccinated may be at risk of contracting measles. — Soumya Karlamangla, latimes.com, "UCLA employee may have spread measles at campus food court," 9 July 2019 The manager of a Finish Line store at the mall told the news station the first shots rang out at the food court. — Fox News, "Two teens wounded in shooting in San Francisco-area mall," 3 July 2019 Beneath every building seems to be a shopping mall and food court. — James Whitlow Delano, National Geographic, "Here’s your ultimate Tokyo itinerary," 25 Apr. 2019 Radio traffic suggests the disturbance started in the food court, but police could not yet confirm those reports. — Julian Gill, Houston Chronicle, "No weapons seen in disturbance at Memorial City Mall, Harris County deputies say," 11 Aug. 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'food court.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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