food bank

noun

variants or less commonly food pantry
: a usually non-profit organization that collects donated food and distributes it to people in need

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Organizations like her own and others that combat hunger in the community, like Harvesters food bank would be unable to fill in the gaps. Matthew Kelly, Kansas City Star, 20 June 2025 Whether your business sponsors the local baseball team, participates in a yearly 5K or becomes a premier sponsor of the local food bank, the residual benefits can produce good feelings about your brand as well as financial benefits for the business itself. Jimi Gibson, Forbes.com, 9 June 2025 Contact organizations that pick and donate fruit to food banks and other feeding programs. Nan Sterman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 June 2025 But some contend that the threat of a lawsuit is enough to chill development, and examples continue to pile up of CEQA stalling construction of homeless shelters, a food bank and child-care center. Liam Dillon, Los Angeles Times, 2 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for food bank

Word History

First Known Use

1971, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of food bank was in 1971

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“Food bank.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/food%20bank. Accessed 1 Jul. 2025.

Kids Definition

food bank

noun
: a usually nonprofit organization that collects donated food and distributes it to people in need

called also food pantry

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