社 食(しゃしょく)

しゃしょく

noun

company cafeteria; staff canteen

1. company cafeteria; staff canteen; office cafeteria

An in-house dining facility at a company, where employees can buy meals at subsidized prices. Used both for the cafeteria itself and for the meals served there.

昼(ひる)は社食(しゃしょく)で食(た)べる。

I eat lunch at the company cafeteria.

社食(しゃしょく)のメニューが毎日(まいにち)変(か)わる。

The cafeteria menu changes every day.

うちの社食(しゃしょく)は安(やす)くて栄養(えいよう)バランスもいいので、ほぼ毎日(まいにち)利用(りよう)している。

Our company cafeteria is cheap and nutritionally balanced, so I use it almost every day.

Casual abbreviation of 社員(しゃいん)食堂(しょくどう) (employee cafeteria). Common in spoken language and informal writing; the full form is preferred in formal contexts.

Common collocations

社食(しゃしょく)で食(た)べる: to eat at the company cafeteria
社食(しゃしょく)の定食(ていしょく): cafeteria set meal
社食(しゃしょく)利用(りよう)券(けん): cafeteria meal ticket

Similar words

社員(しゃいん)食堂(しょくどう): employee cafeteria (full form)
学食(がくしょく): university cafeteria (same abbreviation pattern)
食堂(しょくどう): cafeteria; canteen (general term)

Related Words

Compare: 社員食堂(しゃいんしょくどう) (employee cafeteria)

Compare: 学食(がくしょく) (university cafeteria)

Compare: 食堂(しょくどう) (cafeteria)

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