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food pantry
noun[ C ]
USuk /ˈfuːd ˌpæn.tri/ us /ˈfuːd ˌpæn.tri/
a place where food is given to people who do not have enough money to buy it, for example by a charity: （慈善机构等的）食品分发站，公益食品仓库
Food pantries and homeless shelters are reporting a rise in the use of their services.食品分发站和无家可归者收容所报告说，使用他们服务的人数有所增加。
If you have more than you can use, contribute to your local food pantry.如果你有多余的食品，贡献给你当地的公益食品仓库。
Synonym
food bank
Only a quarter of the people who use the state's food pantries receive government food stamps, according to a study released yesterday.
Homeless shelters, food pantries, hospitals, and churches cannot sustain the surge indefinitely.
For two decades Bea Gaddy ran a privately funded food pantry out of her row house.
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