soup kitchen
noun
: an establishment dispensing minimum dietary essentials (such as soup and bread) to the needy
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His family lives in a tent encampment in the southern city of Khan Younis, where his kids are given Arabic lessons using a scrap of blackboard and fed rice at a local soup kitchen.
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Alexander Smith, NBC news, 26 Dec. 2025
The nonprofit began as a soup kitchen 40 years ago and continues today helping homeless and low-income families in a variety of ways, including free daily meals in their dining room.
—Jan Goldsmith, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Dec. 2025
Worsening health care The fallout is inundating local soup kitchens with demand, including Miriam's Kitchen in Foggy Bottom.
—Angela Hart, CBS News, 18 Dec. 2025
Donate to or volunteer at a food bank or soup kitchen.
—Helen Carefoot, Flow Space, 2 Dec. 2025
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Alexander Smith, NBC news, 26 Dec. 2025
The nonprofit began as a soup kitchen 40 years ago and continues today helping homeless and low-income families in a variety of ways, including free daily meals in their dining room.
—Jan Goldsmith, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Dec. 2025
Worsening health care The fallout is inundating local soup kitchens with demand, including Miriam's Kitchen in Foggy Bottom.
—Angela Hart, CBS News, 18 Dec. 2025
Donate to or volunteer at a food bank or soup kitchen.
—Helen Carefoot, Flow Space, 2 Dec. 2025
See All Example Sentences for soup kitchen
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“Soup kitchen.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/soup%20kitchen. Accessed 31 Dec. 2025.
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