meals–on–wheels

noun plural but singular in construction

—used as the name of a service that delivers meals to the homes of old or sick people who are unable to prepare their own meals

Full Definition of MEALS-ON-WHEELS

: a service that delivers daily hot meals to the homes of elderly or disabled people

1961

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