Meanings
nounsoup kitchen (plural soup kitchens)
plural soup kitchens
- A place that is established to provide soup and other basic food as a charity or in time of disaster.
Synonyms: food kitchen
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA place that is established to provide soup and other basic food as a charity or in time of disaster.
Similar
food kitchen
Translations
Bulgarian безплатна кухня
- безплатна кухня (bezplatna kuhnja)place set up to provide basic food as a charity or in time of disaster
Catalan menjador social
- menjador socialplace set up to provide basic food as a charity or in time of disaster
Chinese Mandarin 施捨處 /施舍处, 施捨廚房 /施舍厨房
- 施捨處 /施舍处 (shīshěchù)place set up to provide basic food as a charity or in time of disaster
- 施捨廚房 /施舍厨房 (shīshě chúfáng)place set up to provide basic food as a charity or in time of disaster
Dutch gaarkeuken
- gaarkeukenplace set up to provide basic food as a charity or in time of disaster
Finnish kansankeittiö
- kansankeittiöplace set up to provide basic food as a charity or in time of disaster
French soupe populaire
- soupe populaireplace set up to provide basic food as a charity or in time of disaster
German Suppenküche
- Suppenkücheplace set up to provide basic food as a charity or in time of disaster
Irish cistin phoiblí
- cistin phoiblíplace set up to provide basic food as a charity or in time of disaster
Italian mensa dei poveri, Caritas
- mensa dei poveriplace set up to provide basic food as a charity or in time of disaster
- Caritasplace set up to provide basic food as a charity or in time of disaster
Polish but see jadłodajnia
- but see jadłodajniaplace set up to provide basic food as a charity or in time of disaster
Spanish comedor social
- comedor socialplace set up to provide basic food as a charity or in time of disaster
Swedish soppkök
- soppkökplace set up to provide basic food as a charity or in time of disaster
Turkish aşevi
- aşeviplace set up to provide basic food as a charity or in time of disaster
Welsh cegin gawl
- cegin gawlplace set up to provide basic food as a charity or in time of disaster
Yiddish סטאָלאָווקע
- סטאָלאָווקע (stolovke)place set up to provide basic food as a charity or in time of disaster
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Chicago
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