soup kitchen
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- noun
- /suːp ˈkɪtʃɪn/
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comedor social
- During the winter months, many people rely on the soup kitchen for warm meals and shelter.
Volunteer at a soup kitchen and don't eat the soup.
- Volunteer at a soup kitchen and don't eat the soup.
- And because, you know, do we really, do we really need more soup kitchen?
- You just volunteered as an usher or for Bible class or to do the soup kitchen at your church.
- Like it's why ladling soup at the soup kitchen just isn't going to do it for most people, not long term.
- There's soup kitchens tonight in Glasgow and there's also shelters for people to go.
- And the federal government takes them and puts them in front of us with affirmative action programs and soup kitchens and things like that.
Examples
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A good lesson can be learned from volunteering time at a local soup kitchen or other charity.
Blog text (10) -
So, I'll probably stay there and just work the soup kitchen line in the morning.
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The soup kitchen is around in the parish hall.
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Perhaps volunteering at a shelter or soup kitchen could put things into perspective.
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Grab some friends and head down to your local soup kitchen or homeless shelter and serve your neighborhood.
Blog text (16) -
Near Lange's studio, a widow named Lois Jordan had set up a soup kitchen.
Academic text (1995) -
MARGO: I'm here at town hall, where they're setting up a soup kitchen for the homeless.
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Several students volunteered in soup kitchens and food pantries to understand the causes of hunger and poverty.
Academic text (1998) -
Miriam Scheider, a successful concert promoter but she still took time out to volunteer at our soup kitchens and at the food bank.
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The volunteers prepared hot meals for those in need at the soup kitchen every Sunday.
Synonyms
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A place that collects food and gives it to people in need
How Helpful
Surface Forms
Morphology
The parts 'soup' and 'kitchen' clearly indicate a place where soup is prepared or served, so a learner will infer it refers to a location related to food. However the conventional sense — specifically a charitable place providing free meals to people in need — includes a social/charity nuance (free distribution, target population) that is not fully predictable from the constituents alone. Because the basic compositional idea is clear but the important charitable aspect may be missed, this is best classified as semi-transparent.
Etymology
The name soup kitchen comes from charity places where volunteers cooked large pots of soup in a kitchen to feed poor people. Because soup was cheap and filling, these places gave 'free meals' to those in need, so today soup kitchen means 'a place that provides free meals'.