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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

Half-a-million pounds was spent on the Blue Flax canteen - which caters for assembly members, staff and visitors - when it was renovated last summer.

From BBC Apr. 3, 2026

When she finally sat back, he offered her the canteen.

From "The Reader" by Traci Chee

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

From school and university canteens to football stadiums and theatres, venison is muscling in on beef as UK chefs hunt for greener options.

From Barron's Dec. 21, 2025

A PowerPoint presentation seen by the BBC outlined new lunch arrangements, with different year groups assigned to separate canteens.

From BBC Sep. 11, 2025

“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

He filled the canteens and some of the wine ran out on the stone paving of the courtyard.

From "A Farewell To Arms" by Ernest Hemingway




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