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canteen

[ kan-teen ]

noun

  1. a small container used especially by soldiers and hikers for carrying water or other liquids.
  2. a general store and cafeteria at a military base.
  3. a place where free entertainment is provided for military personnel.
  4. a place, as in a factory, school, or summer camp, where refreshments and sometimes personal supplies are sold.
  5. a recreation center or social club, especially for teenagers.
  6. a place set up to dispense food during an emergency.
  7. a snack bar.
  8. British. a box or chest for cutlery and other table utensils.


canteen

/ kænˈtiːn /

noun

  1. a restaurant attached to a factory, school, etc, providing meals for large numbers of people
    1. a small shop that provides a limited range of items, such as toilet requisites, to a military unit
    2. a recreation centre for military personnel
  2. a soldier's eating and drinking utensils
  3. a temporary or mobile stand at which food is provided
    1. a box in which a set of cutlery is laid out
    2. the cutlery itself
  4. a flask or canister for carrying water or other liquids, as used by soldiers or travellers


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Word History and Origins

Origin of canteen1

1730–40; < French cantine < Italian cantina cellar, perhaps derivative of canto corner ( cant 2 ) with -ina -ine 1

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Word History and Origins

Origin of canteen1

C18: from French cantine, from Italian cantina wine cellar, from canto corner, from Latin canthus iron hoop encircling chariot wheel; see cant ²

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Example Sentences

I innocently wrote a letter home to my mother telling her how great the French chef was in the headquarters canteen.

“The profit from the canteen goes directly back into the facility,” says Van Wickler.

She spent 12-hour days at the Red Cross canteen, doing whatever was needed.

Dick van Hoff x Thomas Eyck Canteen and Lunch Box Set, $299 at GSelect  2.

“Being popular online is like sitting at the cool table in the canteen…In a mental hospital,” he wrote.

As Matt stepped back from the motor-car and finished screwing the cap on the canteen, a man jumped out into the road.

Still hanging to Clip's canteen, he jerked the motor-cycle away from the bushes, got into the saddle, and started the pedals.

So the name of a street has become the much-berated canteen of the sutler and the much needed canteen of the soldier.

Now, after three months without change of diet, the first canteen ship is about due.

The hunter handed over a small bag of food and a large canteen full of water.

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