canteen
pronunciation
How to pronounce canteen in British English:
UK [kænˈtiːn]
How to pronounce canteen in American English:
US [kænˈtiːn]
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- Noun:
- a flask for carrying water; used by soldiers or travelers
- sells food and personal items to personnel at an institution or school or camp etc.
- a restaurant outside; often for soldiers or policemen
- a recreation room in an institution
- restaurant in a factory; where workers can eat
Word Origin
- canteen
- canteen: see cant
- canteen (n.)
- c. 1710, "store in a military camp," from French cantine "sutler's shop" (17c.), from Italian cantina "wine cellar, vault," which is perhaps another of the many meanings that were attached to Latin canto "corner;" in this case, perhaps "corner for storage." A Gaulish origin also has been proposed. Extended to "refreshment room at a military base, school, etc." from 1870. Meaning "small tin for water or liquor, carried by soldiers on the march, campers, etc." is from 1744, from a sense in French.
Example
- 1. They all eat at the canteen and are all ridiculously puritan .
- 2. Canteen operators also unexpectedly raised the price of bottled water to 1 yuan from 0.7 yuan .
- 3. More than 1000 students gathered in school canteen , smashing windows and vandalizing the cafeteria facilities .
- 4. To be snubbed in a parliamentary canteen seems as daunting as being put against a bullet-dented wall .
- 5. Today 's workers tend to dress as they want , shun the factory canteen and live off-site with their friends .