canteen
noun/kænˈtiːn/
/kænˈtiːn/
- (especially British English) a place where food and drink are served in a factory, a school, etc.Topics Educationb1
- a small container used by soldiers, travellers, etc. for carrying water or other liquid
- canteen of cutlery (British English) a box containing a set of knives, forks and spoons
Word Originmid 18th cent. (originally denoting a shop selling provisions or alcohol in a barracks or garrison town): from French cantine, from Italian cantina ‘cellar’. A French use of cantine denoting a small compartmented case for carrying bottles of wine may have given rise to sense (3).
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