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canteen

[kan-teen] / kænˈtin /


NOUN
container for liquids, used in travels
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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

Justice Elena Kagan refers to herself as the “frozen yogurt justice” and even had a fro-yo machine installed in the court’s canteen.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 19, 2026

Jan-Niklas Hustedt remembers going to techno parties in the abandoned canteen of a pump factory that had drastically downsized after reunification, in his hometown of Oschersleben.

From BBC ● Jun. 29, 2026

He removed the shoulder strap and handed me my canteen.

From "Salt to the Sea" by Ruta Sepetys

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 a time when restaurants and canteens were limited, carrying meals from home mattered deeply in a city where food was tied to culture, religion and family routine.

From BBC ● May 29, 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

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

Mrs. Sidman walked in front of me, picking up sweatshirts and canteens that hadn’t been tied to the packs very well, and handing them to Danny and Meryl Lee when her arms got too full.

From "The Wednesday Wars" by Gary D. Schmidt


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