English Explanatory Dictionary

Chinese menu

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A set of choices from which the user or customer makes multiple selections, specifically one or more choices from each of two or more distinct categories.
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see Chinese, menu.

Word forms

Chinese menu Chinese menus

Etymology

From the practice of some Chinese restaurants which, for a fixed price, instruct the customer to make selections such as “one from Column A, two from Column B, one from Column C”, where the columns may contain, for example, a selection of soups, appetizers, and entrees.

Related words

a little from column A, a little from column B
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