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Bread line
A line of people waiting to receive food from a charity.
📖 Definitions of "Bread line"
noun
- 1
A line of people waiting to receive food from a charity.
- 2
Subsistence level.
💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Bread line"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| breadlinenoun | (British, figurative) The lowest income level at which one's most basic necessities of survival are met; poverty line or subsistence level. |
| life-linenoun | Alternative spelling of lifeline. [A line to which a drowning or falling victim may cling.] |
| foodbanknoun | Alternative spelling of food bank. [A charitable nonprofit organization that distributes mostly donated food to a wide variety of agencies to those who have difficulty purchasing enough to avoid hunger.] |
| life linenoun | Alternative spelling of lifeline. [A line to which a drowning or falling victim may cling.] |
| battle-linenoun | Alternative form of battleline. [line of battle] |
| bee-lineverb | Alternative spelling of beeline. [(transitive, intransitive) To travel in a straight line, ignoring established paths of travel.] |
| downlinenoun | Alternative spelling of down line. [A railway line on which trains travel away from a major terminus.] |
| guy linenoun | Alternative spelling of guyline. [A rope or cable (a line) used to restrain the motion of something. As a cable used to prevent a mast from falling over.] |
| uplinenoun | Alternative spelling of up line. [A railway line on which trains travel towards a major terminus.] |
| lash linenoun | Alternative form of lashline. [(cosmetics) The line of the eyelash.] |
| lead linenoun | Alternative form of leadline. [A leash or strap for leading an animal.] |
| hot linenoun | Alternative spelling of hotline. [A telephone line that is always staffed and able to give immediate assistance.] |
| line-dancenoun | Alternative spelling of line dance. [A dance in which a group of people perform the same dance moves synchronously while in one or more lines.] |
| plumblinenoun | Alternative spelling of plumb line. [A cord with a weight attached, used to produce a vertical line; a plummet.] |
| side linenoun | Alternative form of sideline. [A line at the side of something.] |
| hair linenoun | Alternative form of hairline. [The line along one's forehead where hair starts growing.] |
| plot linenoun | Alternative spelling of plotline. [The basic plot of a story or group of stories.] |
| scare linenoun | A phrase or message used as a headline or quote that distorts the facts in order to alarm the reader or listener. |
| endlinenoun | Alternative form of end line. [The line at which something ends] |
| side-linenoun | Alternative form of sideline. [A line at the side of something.] |
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