canteen

can·teen

 (kăn-tēn′)

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 usually metal container 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.

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

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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

[C18: from French cantine, from Italian cantina wine cellar, from canto corner, from Latin canthus iron hoop encircling chariot wheel; see cant²]

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can•teen

(kænˈtin)

n.

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 snack bar, as in a factory or school.

5. a social club, esp. for teenagers.

6. Brit. a box or chest for cutlery and other table utensils.

[1730–40; < French cantine < Italian cantina cellar, perhaps derivative of canto corner (see cant¹) with -ina -ine³]

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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.

Dictionary of Collective Nouns and Group Terms. Copyright 2008 The Gale Group, Inc. All rights reserved.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	canteen - 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 outside; often for soldiers or policemen mobile canteen 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

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Translations

صُنْدوق حِفْظِ أدواتِ الطَّعاممَزاده،زاده، زَمْزَمِيّ÷، مَطَرَهمَطْعَمٌ فس مُعَسْكَرمَقْصَف

kantýnakazeta na/s příborypolní láhevčutora

kantinebestikæskefeltflaske

KantineBesteckkastenFeldflasche

καντίνα

cantimploracantinacomedortaberna

kanttiiniruokala

cantinebidon

kantina

kantinkulacsétkezde

hnífaparakassimatsalurvatnsbrúsi

mensaborracciacassetta per posate

キャンティーン

구내 식당

gertuvėvalgomųjų įrankių dėžė/komplektasvalgykla

blašķeēdnīcakastīte galda piederumiem

kantine

kantineknivkassemessefeltflaske

kantyna

cantina

столовая

kantínapoľná fľaša

čutarakantinamenza

matsal

โรงอาหาร

kantinmataraçatal-bıçak-kaşık takımı

căng tin

食堂餐具箱餐厅工厂、军营内的小卖部水壶

canteen

[kænˈtiːn] N

1. (= restaurant) → cantina f, comedor m

2. (= bottle) → cantimplora f

3. a canteen of cutlery → un juego de cubiertos

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

canteen

[kænˈtiːn] n

(= restaurant) → cantine f

(British) [cutlery] → ménagère f

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

canteen

n

(= restaurant) → Kantine f; (in university) → Mensa f

(Mil: = flask) → Feldflasche f; (= mess tin) → Kochgeschirr nt

(Brit: of cutlery) → Besteckkasten m

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canteen

[kænˈtiːn] n

a. (restaurant) → mensa

b. (Brit) a canteen of cutlery → un servizio di posate

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canteen

(kӕnˈtiːn) noun

1. a place where meals are sold in a factory, barracks etc. kafeteria مَطْعَمٌ فس مُعَسْكَر стол cantina kantýna die Kantine kantine κυλικείοcantina, comedor kantiin فروشگاه یا رستوران ارتشی työpaikkaruokala cantineקנטינה कैन्टीन kantina étkezde, kantin kantin matsalur mensa 食堂 매점 valgykla ēdnīca kantin kantinekantine, messekantyna كانتين، دعسكرو داوسېدلو په ځاى كې يو دوكان چه پر عسكرو شيان پلورى، په مكتبو كې هم دغه ډول دوكانونه جوړيږى 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 （工厂、军营内的）小卖部，食堂，餐厅

2. a case for, or of, cutlery. stel tafelgereedskap صُنْدوق حِفْظِ أدواتِ الطَّعام сандъче с прибори faqueiro kazeta na/s příbory der Besteckkasten bestikæske 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 غوڅوونكې اّله (لكه چاړه چاقو او نور 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 餐具箱

3. a small container used by soldiers for holding water etc. waterkannetjie, veldfles مَزاده،زاده، زَمْزَمِيّ÷، مَطَرَه манерка cantil čutora, polní láhev die Feldflasche feltflaske παγούριcantimplora 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 veldflesfeltflaske menażka يو كوچنى كانتينر 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 水壶

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canteen

→ مَقْصَف kantýna kantine Kantine καντίνα comedor, taberna kanttiini cantine kantina 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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