chow line
Cafeteria food queue
A chow line is a queue of people waiting to be served food, especially in military or institutional settings like cafeterias, mess halls, or soup kitchens: We stood in the chow line for twenty minutes.
The term comes from military slang, where chow means food or a meal.
- mess hallMilitary dining facility
- field kitchenPortable military cooking unit
- messDisorderly, troublesome condition
- lineupOrdered list of participants
- mealOccasion for nourishment
queue · foodservice · cookhouse · serving · rations · counter · galley · armed forces · rationing system · canteen · KP duty · ration packs · MRE · distribution · ladling · food tray · hot meal · military
- cafeteriamenu, tray, food counter, trays, cashier
- barracksbunk, bunks, bunk bed, bunk beds, dormitory
- military rationsMRE, K-rations, C-rations, ration packs, ready-to-eat meals
chow linetable service
Meals brought to you
silver service · room service · butler service · à la carte · personal chef
chow linefine dining
Elegant restaurant experience
private dining · chef's table · formal dinner · tasting menu · banquet
chow, line, chows, chowing, chowed, lines, lined, lining, liner