Meals-on-wheels
noun, (sometimes initial capital letter)
1.
a program, usually one supported or subsidized by a charitable, social, or government agency, for delivering hot meals regularly to elderly, disabled, or convalescing persons who are housebound and cannot cook for themselves.
noun
1.
(functioning as sing) (social welfare, Brit) a service, usually subsidized, and run by a social services department or voluntary body, which delivers hot meals to elderly or housebound people who might otherwise be unable to have them
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