soupline
Waiting for food
A soupline is a queue of people waiting for free food, typically soup or other simple meals distributed by charitable organizations during times of hardship.
The term evokes Depression-era imagery of the unemployed and destitute lining up at soup kitchens: Thousands joined the souplines when the factories closed.
Also spelled as two words: soup line.
Need for nourishment
- famineSevere food shortage
- starvationExtreme nutritional deprivation
- malnutritionDisease from dietary inadequacy
- deprivationState of lacking necessities
need · want · privation · hardship · homelessness · destitution · unemployed · desperate
hunger
Need for nourishment
- famineSevere food shortage
- starvationExtreme nutritional deprivation
- malnutritionDisease from dietary inadequacy
deprivation · need · want · privation · hardship · homelessness · destitution · unemployed · desperate · charity
waiting
Remaining in expectation
order · patience · anticipation · crowd · standing · single-file · shuffling · ration · serving · ladling
souplinewealth
Abundance of valuable resources
affluence · prosperity · luxury · abundance · feast
souplinefine dining
Elegant restaurant experience
gourmet dining · banquet · country club · champagne reception · private chef
souplineeconomic boom
Sustained period of growth
prosperity · Roaring Twenties · full employment · affluence · bull market
soup, line, soups, soupy, lines, lined, lining, liner, liners