breadline

== English == === Alternative forms === bread line === Etymology === From bread +‎ line. In sense 2, referring to the income level at which one can afford to buy bread, a staple food. === Pronunciation === (UK, US) IPA(key): /ˈbɹɛdlaɪn/ === Noun === breadline (plural breadlines) (US) A line of people waiting to receive food from a charity. (British, figurative) The lowest income level at which one's most basic necessities of survival are met; poverty line or subsistence level. ==== Derived terms ==== breadliner below the breadline on the breadline ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== poverty line soupline === Anagrams === bandelier, bandileer, beardline