food trolley

  • 1trolley — ► NOUN (pl. trolleys) 1) Brit. a large wheeled metal basket or frame used for transporting heavy or unwieldy items such as luggage or supermarket purchases. 2) a small table on wheels or castors, used especially to convey food and drink. 3) (also …

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  • 2food miles — n. The distance that a food item travels from its source to the consumer. Also: food mile. Example Citations: Simply considering whether dinner was grown organically was no longer enough. Concerned parents, greenmarket shoppers and the rest of… …

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  • 3trolley — [[t]trɒ̱li[/t]] trolleys 1) N COUNT A trolley is an object with wheels that you use to transport heavy things such as shopping or luggage. [BRIT] A porter relieved her of the three large cases she had been pushing on a trolley. ...supermarket… …

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  • 4trolley — /ˈtrɒli / (say trolee) noun (plural trolleys) 1. any of various kinds of low carts or vehicles. 2. a frame on wheels, used for carrying dishes, serving food, etc., as at a hospital or restaurant. 3. Also, hospital trolley; SA, barouche. a bed… …

  • 5trolley — n. (pl. eys) 1 esp. Brit. a table, stand, or basket on wheels or castors for serving food, transporting luggage or shopping, gathering purchases in a supermarket, etc. 2 esp. Brit. a low truck running on rails. 3 (in full trolley wheel) a wheel… …

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  • 6trolley — I. noun also trolly (plural trolleys; also trollies) Etymology: probably from 1troll Date: 1823 1. dialect England a cart of any of various kinds 2. a. a device that carries electric current from an overhead wire to an electrically drive …

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  • 7trolley — trol|ley [ˈtrɔli US ˈtra:li] n [Date: 1800 1900; Origin: Probably from troll cart (17 19 centuries), from troll to roll (15 19 centuries)] 1.) BrE a large basket on wheels that you use for carrying bags, shopping etc American Equivalent: cart ▪ a …

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  • 8trolley — noun (plural trolleys) 1》 Brit. a large wheeled metal basket or frame used for transporting items such as luggage or supermarket purchases.     ↘a small table on wheels or castors, used especially to convey food and drink. 2》 (also trolley wheel) …

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  • 9trolley — noun (C) 1 especially BrE a large metal basket or frame on wheels that you push along, used for carrying bags, shopping etc; cart 1 (2) AmE: a supermarket trolley 2 BrE a small table on very small wheels from which food and drinks are served: a… …

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  • 10trolley */ — UK [ˈtrɒlɪ] / US [ˈtrɑlɪ] noun [countable] Word forms trolley : singular trolley plural trolleys 1) British a large container with wheels that you push and use for carrying things in a supermarket or at an airport a) British a bed with wheels… …

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