canteen
Meaning
- A small cafeteria or snack bar, especially one in a military establishment, school, or place of work.
- (Australia, Hong-Kong, India, Malaysia) A small cafeteria or snack bar, especially one in a military establishment, school, or place of work.
- A small cafeteria or snack bar, especially one in a military establishment, school, or place of work.
- A temporary or mobile café used in an emergency or on a film location etc.
- A box with compartments for storing eating utensils, silverware etc.
- A military mess kit.
- A water bottle, flask, or other vessel, typically used by a soldier or camper as a bottle for carrying water or liquor for drink.
Synonyms
mobile canteen
government agency
metal container
post exchange
thermos bottle
fast-food restaurant
restautant
soldier’s water-bottle
school meal
subsidised meal
water canteen
portable kitchen
gourd-bottle
staff restaurant
Translations
cantine
Kantine
mensa
cantina
cantina
kantine
καντίναFrequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/kænˈtiːn/
Etymology
Borrowed from French cantine, itself borrowed from Italian cantina. Doublet of cantina.
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