Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

retort food

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.89 in modern English

Syllables: re-tort -food
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Foodstuff that has undergone retort sterilization.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Shiseido Co., the parent firm, is studying the feasibility of advancing into the "retort food" field for raising the profitability of Shiseido Parlor."
"When retort food is heated in the retort, sterilization racks are used to guarantee equal exposure of each container to the heating medium."
"There is a strong demand for retort food from consumers as emergency food because of their long shelf life and ease of consumption;"
"Korean college students mainly consumed frozen food, retort food, and kimbap in convenience stores."

Etymology

Calque of Japanese レトルト食品 (retoruto shokuhin), or calque of Korean 레토르트 식품(食品) (retoreuteu sikpum).

Usage

Inflected Forms

retort foods (plural)

Questions

What does retort food mean?: Foodstuff that has undergone retort sterilization.
Where does retort food come from?: Calque of Japanese レトルト食品 (retoruto shokuhin), or calque of Korean 레토르트 식품(食品) (retoreuteu sikpum).

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