Meaning & use
nosh
An informal word for food, or a small snack or light meal.
See it in a sentence
We grabbed a quick nosh from the food truck before the concert started.
There's plenty of nosh in the fridge if you get hungry later.
A note on using this word
Nosh comes from Yiddish and is common in informal British and American English; it can also be a verb meaning 'to eat'.
Words with a similar meaning
snackbite
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