bread line

Noun

Meaning

a queue of people waiting for free food

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

breadline queue food bank soup kitchen food pantry food pantry line food bank line feeding line assistance line charity line food queue provision line hunger line sustenance line meal line

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Antonyms

advantage abundance fun luxury comfort blessing

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Hypernyms

queue waiting line

Examples

All my humor is based on destruction and despair. If the whole world were tranquil, without disease and violence, I'd be standing in the bread line - right in back of J. Edgar Hoover. Lenny Bruce

Close letter words and terms

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