meals on wheels
noun (sometimes initial capital letter)
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.
Origin of meals on wheels
First recorded in 1960–65
Words nearby meals on wheels
meal ticket,
mealie,
mealie meal,
mealie pap,
mealies,
meals on wheels,
mealtime,
mealworm,
mealy,
mealy bug,
mealy-mouthed
British Dictionary definitions for meals on wheels
meals on wheels
meals-on-wheels
noun
(functioning as singular) social welfare, British
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