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TOPIK 3noun

먹거리

meokgeori [먹꺼리]

먹거리가 · 먹거리를

food, things to eat (at a festival or market)

Example

이 축제에는 맛있는 먹거리가 정말 많아요.

There are lots of tasty things to eat at this festival.

Word parts

먹다 'to eat' + -거리 'material, stuff for', as in 볼거리 'things to see'.

Good to know

Pronounced [먹꺼리]. Long considered nonstandard, it was accepted as standard in 2011 alongside 먹을거리.