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soup kitchen

noun

  1. a place where food, usually soup, is served at little or no charge to people experiencing food insecurity.
  2. Military Slang. (in World War I) a mobile kitchen.


soup kitchen

noun

  1. a place or mobile stall where food and drink, esp soup, is served to destitute people
  2. military a mobile kitchen
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Origin of soup kitchen1

First recorded in 1850–55
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Example Sentences

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Even going to the soup kitchen at her school was "like an adventure", she said.

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The soup kitchen is described as “more than just an initiative, it’s a personal vow,” per its website.

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They donate it to food banks and soup kitchens.

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“Every day it’s the same struggle. I go back and forth to the soup kitchen.”

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Within days, he had the place running as a soup kitchen.

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