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canteen

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can·teen  (kn-tn)
n.
1.
a. A snack bar or small cafeteria, as on a military installation.
b. A recreational facility, bar, or small general store formerly established for the patronage of soldiers.
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.
5.
a. A box with compartments for carrying cooking gear and eating utensils.
b. A soldier's mess kit.
6. Chiefly British A box used to store silverware.

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

canteen [kænˈtiːn]
n
1. a restaurant attached to a factory, school, etc., providing meals for large numbers of people
2. (Military)
a.  a small shop that provides a limited range of items, such as toilet requisites, to a military unit
b.  a recreation centre for military personnel
3. (Military) a soldier's eating and drinking utensils
4. a temporary or mobile stand at which food is provided
5.
a.  a box in which a set of cutlery is laid out
b.  the cutlery itself
6. a flask or canister for carrying water or other liquids, as used by soldiers or travellers
[from French cantine, from Italian cantina wine cellar, from canto corner, from Latin canthus iron hoop encircling chariot wheel; see cant2]

Canteen a chest or case for carrying culinary utensils, hence, a collection of the utensils themselves; a small tin or wooden vessel with the capacity of three to four pints carried by soldiers on the march; by workmen, or by travellers.
Examples: canteen of coffee, 1851; cutlery; with a tea service, 1839; of water, 1744; of wine flasks, 1737.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.canteen - a flask for carrying watercanteen - a flask for carrying water; used by soldiers or travelers
flask - bottle that has a narrow neck
2.canteen - sells food and personal items to personnel at an institution or school or camp etc.
shop, store - a mercantile establishment for the retail sale of goods or services; "he bought it at a shop on Cape Cod"
3.canteen - a restaurant outsidecanteen - a restaurant outside; often for soldiers or policemen
eatery, eating house, eating place, restaurant - a building where people go to eat
4.canteen - a recreation room in an institution
rec room, recreation room - a room equipped for informal entertaining
5.canteen - restaurant in a factory; where workers can eat
eatery, eating house, eating place, restaurant - a building where people go to eat
Translations
canteen [kænˈtiːn] N
1. (= restaurant) → cantina f, comedor m
2. (= bottle) → cantimplora f
3. a canteen of cutleryun juego de cubiertos

canteen [kænˈtiːn] n
(= restaurant) → cantine f
(British) [cutlery] → ménagère f

canteen
n
(= restaurant)Kantine f; (in university) → Mensa f
(Mil: = flask) → Feldflasche f; (= mess tin)Kochgeschirr nt
(Brit: of cutlery) → Besteckkasten m

canteen [kænˈtiːn] n
a. (restaurant) → mensa
b. (Brit) a canteen of cutleryun servizio di posate

canteen
n canteen [kӕnˈtiːn]
1 a place where meals are sold in a factory, barracks etc. kafeteria مَطْعَمٌ فس مُعَسْكَر стол kantýna kantine die Kantine κυλικείο cantina, comedor kantiin فروشگاه یا رستوران ارتشی ruokala cantine קַנְטִינָה कैन्टीन kantina étkezde, kantin kantin matsalur mensa 食堂 매점 valgykla ēdnīca kantin kantine kantine, messe kantyna cantina cantină столовая kantína, (vojenská študentská) jedáleň menza, kantina kantina marketenteri, kantin โรงอาหาร kantin (工廠、軍營內的)食堂,餐廳 буфет, їдальня کسی کارخانے ، فیکٹری میں کھانے کی جگہ căng-tin
2 a case for, or of, cutlery. stel tafelgereedskap صُنْدوق حِفْظِ أدواتِ الطَّعام сандъче с прибори kazeta na/s příbory bestikæske der Besteckkasten θήκη για μαχαιροπίρουνα juego de cubiertos noa-kahvlikarp ظرف مخصوص قاشق و چنگال ruokailuvälinelaatikko ménagère תֵיבָה לְסכו”ם जलपान गृह jedaći pribor doboz kotak sendok hnífaparakassi (scatola per posate) 食卓用金物入れ箱 식사도구 함 valgomųjų įrankių dėžė/komplektas kastīte galda piederumiem bekas bestekdoos knivkasse puzdro na sztućce, komplet sztućców faqueiro bufet погребец kazeta s príborom predal za gospodinjsko orodje kutija za escajg schatull กล่องใส่เครื่องใช้บนโต๊ะอาหาร çatal-bıçak-kaşık takımı 餐具盒 ящик, шухляда для столових приборів چھری کانٹے رکھنے کا صندوقچہ hộp đựng dao dĩa
3 a small container used by soldiers for holding water etc. waterkannetjie, veldfles مَزاده،زاده، زَمْزَمِيّ÷، مَطَرَه манерка čutora, polní láhev feltflaske die Feldflasche παγούρι cantimplora sõduriplasku قمقمه kenttäpullo bidon מֶסְטִינג पानी इत्यादि रखने के लिए सैनिकों का एक छोटा बरतन pljoska, čutura kulacs pelples vatnsbrúsi borraccia 水筒 반합, 수통 gertuvė blašķe tabung air veldfles feltflaske menażka cantil bidon фляга poľná fľaša, ešus menažka čutura fältflaska, matkärl กระติกน้ำขนาดเล็กของทหาร matara 水壺 солдатська фляга فوجیوں کے پانی یا خوراک رکھنے کا چھوٹا ڈبہ bi đông

canteen مقصف kantýna kantine Kantine καντίνα cantina, taberna kanttiini cantine pljoska mensa キャンティーン 구내 식당 kantine kantine kantyna cantina столовая matsal โรงอาหาร kantin căng tin 食堂


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