Breadline (Noun)
Meaning
A queue of people waiting for free food.
Classification
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects.
Examples
- The local charity set up a soup kitchen and soon a long breadline formed in front of the building.
- With the rise of unemployment, the number of people on the breadline in the town increased dramatically.
- The volunteers worked tirelessly to distribute food to the hundreds of people waiting in the breadline.
- During the economic downturn, many families found themselves on the breadline, struggling to make ends meet.
- The images of the breadline in the city slum were a stark reminder of the poverty and inequality that needed to be addressed.