Canteen

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A snack bar or small cafeteria, as on a military installation.
  • n. A recreational facility, bar, or small general store formerly established for the patronage of soldiers.
  • n. A recreation hall or social club where refreshments are available.
  • n. A temporary or mobile eating place, especially one set up in an emergency.
  • n. A flask for carrying drinking water, as on a hike.
  • n. A box with compartments for carrying cooking gear and eating utensils.
  • n. A soldier's mess kit.
  • n. Chiefly British A box used to store silverware.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. a small cafeteria or snack bar, especially one in a military establishment, school, or place of work
  • n. a temporary or mobile café used in an emergency or on a film location etc
  • n. a box with compartments for storing eating utensils, silverware etc
  • n. a military mess kit
  • n. a water bottle used by a soldier or camper
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A small vessel used by soldiers or hikers for carrying water, liquor, or other drink.
  • n. A chest containing culinary and other vessels for military officers in a garrison.
  • n. The sutler's shop in a garrison.
  • n. A store or small shop within a larger establishment where refreshments and sometimes other supplies are sold. At a military base the canteen may be as large as a general store; within a school or small company it may be only a small counter with very limited supplies, or a snack bar.
  • n. A temporary location where food is dispensed during an emergency.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A sort of sutler's shop in barracks, camps, garrisons, etc., where provisions, liquors, etc., are sold.
  • n. A vessel used by soldiers for carrying water or liquor for drink.
  • n. A square box, fitted up with compartments, in which British officers on foreign service pack a variety of articles, as spirit-bottles, tea and sugar, plates, knives, forks, etc.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a flask for carrying water; used by soldiers or travelers
  • n. sells food and personal items to personnel at an institution or school or camp etc.
  • n. a restaurant outside; often for soldiers or policemen
  • n. a recreation room in an institution
  • n. restaurant in a factory; where workers can eat
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    flask    shop    store    eating house    eating place   
    Variant
    cantine   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Aileen    Amin    Arleen    Augustin    Bean   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    flask    haversack    knapsack    bedroll    goblet   
     
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