- menu
- noun1 list of dishesADJECTIVE▪ extensive▪ limited▪ full▪ regular (esp. AmE), standard▪ special▪ simple▪ varied▪ daily▪ fixed (esp. BrE), fixed-price (BrE), set▪ à la carte▪ three-course, etc.▪ traditional▪ seasonal▪
She completely changes her seasonal menus every few months.
▪ food (esp. AmE)▪ breakfast, dinner, lunch▪ dessert▪ beverage (AmE), cocktail, drink (AmE), drinks▪ bar, café, cafeteria (esp. AmE), pub (BrE), restaurant▪ tasting▪a ten-course tasting menu
▪ takeaway (BrE), takeout (AmE)▪ vegetarian▪ Chinese, Italian, etc.VERB + MENU▪ consult, have, look at, peruse (formal), read, scan, see, study▪May we have the menu?
▪ do, have, offer, serve▪Many restaurants do a very reasonable set menu at lunchtime.
▪ choose (sth) from, order (sth) from▪ plan▪ create▪ change▪The restaurant changes its menu every six months.
▪ expand▪Chef Nigel Crowther will expand the menu to include several vegetarian options.
MENU + VERB▪ feature sth, include sth, offer sth▪a menu offering many vegetarian dishes
▪ list sth▪Many menus now list ingredients.
▪ change▪The menu changes daily.
MENU + NOUN▪ board▪The chef was chalking the daily specials on the menu board.
▪ choice, selectionPREPOSITION▪ on the menu▪What's on the menu this evening?
PHRASES▪ a choice of menu▪Passengers are offered a daily choice of menu.
2 on a computerADJECTIVE▪ drop-down, pop-up, pull-down▪ main▪ on-screen▪ application, configuration, context, edit, file, help, main, navigation, options, service, start, tools, etc.▪ topic▪You'll find it in the topic menu.
VERB + MENU▪ select sth from▪ go to▪Go to the topic menu in the upper right hand corner.
▪ access▪ look at, look in▪ open▪ navigate▪buttons that make it easy to navigate the on-screen menu
▪ create, designMENU + NOUN▪ bar▪ item▪ choice, option, selection▪ page, screen▪ interface▪ button
Collocations dictionary. 2013.
