food court

noun

: an area within a building (such as a shopping mall) set apart for food concessions

Examples of food court in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The food court also has meals to share, including empanadas at Lazo Empanadas or Venezuelan arepas at Arepas House. — Miguel Otárola, Denver Post, 21 July 2026

Initially, the new food court find was only available at select locations as part of a testing phase. — Michele Laufik, Martha Stewart, 17 July 2026

Roughly two months after testing them in select markets, Costco officially introduced a new chicken tenders menu option to its food courts nationwide. — Drew Pittock, USA Today, 17 July 2026

The gas station would remain, and officials have said grocery offerings would actually expand, but other products and services like clothing, the food court, the pharmacy, the bakery and liquor would go away. — Dylan Lysen, Kansas City Star, 15 July 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1979, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for food court

• abort
• airport
• alport
• athwart
• carport
• comport
• consort
• deport
• disport
• distort
• escort
• exhort

Kids Definition

food court

noun

: an area within a building (as a shopping mall) set aside for food sales