food court
Americannoun
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food courts
plural
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of food court
First recorded in 1980–85
Example Sentences
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A video, external of the incident shows the elderly man patting the child on the head as he walked past her table at a food court in a shopping centre.
From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2026
Our clique comes storming down the mall food court in that classic slow-motion strut, letting us know right away what we’re in for.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 26, 2026
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
When I got a higher-paying job at Gap Kids, he'd hang out at the mall, try on the latest in children's fashions, and eat his way through the food court.
From "Americanized" by Sara Saedi
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