給きゅう食しょく

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb

meal service; provided lunch; provision of meals

Refers to meals supplied by an institution such as a school, workplace, facility, or shelter; in school contexts it commonly means the school lunch itself. 給食する means to provide such meals and tends to sound formal or administrative.

See also: 学校給食 (がっこうきゅうしょく)

• 小しょう学がっ校こうでは、毎まい日にち温あたたかい給きゅう食しょくが出でる。

  At elementary school, a hot lunch is served every day.

• 災さい害がい時じには、避ひ難なん所じょで被ひ災さい者しゃに給きゅう食しょくする体たい制せいが必ひつ要ようだ。

  In a disaster, shelters need a system for providing meals to victims.