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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Members of the armed forces were required to report for duty, but some military families turned to food banks to tide over their families.
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Susan Page, USA Today, 1 Feb. 2026
Vytas, now staying with his growingly reactionary parents, makes a more concerted effort to join the resistance movement, staging public performance-art protests, volunteering at a food bank, and attempting to cut off his folks’ access to Russian propaganda on satellite TV.
—Guy Lodge, Variety, 1 Feb. 2026
Their schools double as food banks.
—Jessica Winter, New Yorker, 31 Jan. 2026
Soup kitchens and food pantries and the food banks that supply them will not have the resources to meet this need.
—Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 30 Jan. 2026
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Susan Page, USA Today, 1 Feb. 2026
Vytas, now staying with his growingly reactionary parents, makes a more concerted effort to join the resistance movement, staging public performance-art protests, volunteering at a food bank, and attempting to cut off his folks’ access to Russian propaganda on satellite TV.
—Guy Lodge, Variety, 1 Feb. 2026
Their schools double as food banks.
—Jessica Winter, New Yorker, 31 Jan. 2026
Soup kitchens and food pantries and the food banks that supply them will not have the resources to meet this need.
—Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 30 Jan. 2026
See All Example Sentences for food bank
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“Food bank.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/food%20bank. Accessed 9 Feb. 2026.
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