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can⋅teen

  [kan-teen]
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–noun
1. a small container used esp. 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, esp. 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.
Origin:
1730–40; < F cantine < It cantina cellar, perh. deriv. of canto corner (see cant 2 ) with -ina -ine 1
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can·teen   (kān-tēn')   
n.  
    1. A snack bar or small cafeteria, as on a military installation.
    2. A recreational facility, bar, or small general store formerly established for the patronage of soldiers.
    3. A box with compartments for carrying cooking gear and eating utensils.
    4. A soldier's mess kit.
  2. A recreation hall or social club where refreshments are available.
  3. A temporary or mobile eating place, especially one set up in an emergency.
  4. A flask for carrying drinking water, as on a hike.
    1. A box with compartments for carrying cooking gear and eating utensils.
    2. A soldier's mess kit.
  6. Chiefly British A box used to store silverware.

[French cantine, from Italian cantina, wine cellar.]
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Canteen

Can*teen"\ (k[a^]n*t[=e]n"), n. [F. cantine bottle case, canteen (cf. Sp. & It. cantina cellar, bottle case), either contr. fr. It. canovettina, dim. of canova cellar, or, more likely, fr. OF. cant. corner, It. & Sp. canto. See 1st Cant.] (Mil.) 1. A vessel used by soldiers for carrying water, liquor, or other drink. [Written also cantine.]

Note: In the English service the canteen is made of wood and holds three pints; in the United States it is usually a tin flask.

2. The sutler's shop in a garrison; also, a chest containing culinary and other vessels for officers.
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Language Translation for : canteen
Spanish: cantina, comedor,
German: die Kantine,
Japanese: 食堂
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canteen 
c.1710, from Fr. cantine "sutler's shop," from It. cantina "wine cellar, vault." Perhaps another of the many meanings, now obsolete, that were applied to L. canto "corner;" in this case, perhaps "corner for storage." Extended to "refreshment room at a factory, school, etc." from 1870. Meaning "small tin for water or liquor, carried by solders on the march, campers, etc." is from 1744.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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