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canteen

[kan-teen] / kænˈtin /


NOUN
container for liquids, used in travels
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The final plan adopted in 2022 added details such as meeting facilities, a fitness center, canteen, Patriot Store and other “community-serving activities.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026

In Volkswagen’s hometown of Wolfsburg, the company’s taste for self-sufficiency extends to making its own sausages for the staff canteen and owning the local soccer club.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026

Money does not change hands among residents, not in its cooperative grocery store nor community canteen.

From Barron's ● Jun. 25, 2026

A refurbishment of the Stormont assembly canteen cost nearly £200,000 more than its original budget.

From BBC ● Apr. 3, 2026

But Hazel still ate the whole thing, washing it down with water from the canteen.

From "Breadcrumbs" by Anne Ursu

Since the 2000s - when all four UK governments passed laws to make school lunches healthier - it's become much harder to find high-sugar or high-fat foods in most canteens.

From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026

The ad-hoc canteens range in scale from a single food truck in a parking lot to field kitchens fit for an army.

From Barron's ● Jul. 31, 2026

At the height of the Cold War, Moscow operated an airport on Svalbard and three mining towns complete with state-of-the-art health facilities and 24-hour canteens.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 21, 2026

“The main thing is just not to starve to death,” one video blogger advised in a post detailing how she subsisted on snack samples and free meals from temples and student canteens.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 24, 2024

Mr. Pendanski filled all the canteens, then climbed back into the cab of the pickup.

From "Holes" by Louis Sachar




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