English commonly uses compounds such as drop-down menu and phrases like menu of options. The isolated combinations down menu and of menu are usually not natural.
Use drop-down menu for a list that opens on a screen. Use menu of when introducing a set of choices. The combinations down menu and of menu are generally not idiomatic on their own.
These forms are not interchangeable. Choose the construction by meaning, not by which preposition appears most often.
Use drop-down menu for a digital menu that opens downward when clicked or tapped.
Use menu of to introduce available choices, services, or dishes.
Use on the menu for food offerings or figurative plans and possibilities.
The same subject can take different constructions because each sentence answers a different question.
Some combinations appear in real text but do not mean what learners often assume.
The standard compound adjective is drop-down.
✕ Click the down menu to continue. ✓ Click the drop-down menu to continue.English normally places menu before of.
✕ They created an of menu options. ✓ They created a menu of options.As a noun or adjective before menu, drop-down is commonly hyphenated.
✕ Use the drop down menu. ✓ Use the drop-down menu.Choose the expression that matches the intended meaning.
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Not usually. English speakers normally say drop-down menu.
Yes. It can describe any range of choices, such as services, tools, or activities.
It can mean planned, possible, or under consideration, not only available food.
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