food court
Americannoun
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Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of food court
First recorded in 1980–85
Example Sentences
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Halfway through the game, police in Bogotá responded to noise complaints from residents in the apartments around the food court and ordered the operators to turn off the screens they had mounted.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 18, 2026
At the end of the day, the women from Ohio made their way back to Union Station, convening in the basement food court to wait for the bus.
From Salon • Nov. 29, 2025
The 26-year-old Los Angeles man said he was eating nachos in a food court behind the right-field pavilion and saw Ohtani hit the home run on a television monitor.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 22, 2025
In the food court, two freshmen debated whether the university had overreacted with the new police patrols and K-9 unit.
From Slate • Oct. 30, 2025
Mack is kicking a trash can across the food court when the phone rings.
From "The One and Only Ivan" by Katherine Applegate
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