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canteen

[kan-teen] / kænˈtin /


NOUN
container for liquids, used in travels
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There is a blanket ban on mobile phones in the canteen and anyone breaking the rules is not fined, they run.

From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026

Danso said some of her pupils in Bagnolet do not get a full meal in the school canteen because funding has not been paid out.

From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2026

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

Obese children could be given extra time in the canteen, she says, to help them slow down their eating so their bodies have more time to feel full.

From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026

Garrett, seeing Kelton’s shell-shocked state, offers him his canteen.

From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman

Within a day of that criticism, Mundhe's team inspected canteens in the state's high court complex and flagged violations.

From BBC ● Sep. 7, 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

Imperial College London dropped beef from most of its canteens two years ago, replacing it with venison alongside chicken and pork.

From Barron's ● Dec. 21, 2025

Exposing people to positive social norms, using posters in canteens encouraging vegetable consumption, or in bars to discourage dangerous levels of drinking, have been shown to work.

From Science Daily ● Apr. 24, 2024

At an open shopping center on Valley Boulevard, they bought two canteens in a hardware store and some food in the supermarket.

From "Lupita Mañana" by Patricia Beatty


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