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

Word History and Origins

Origin of soup kitchen¹

First recorded in 1850–55