Dictionary Definition
canteen
Noun
1 a flask for carrying water; used by soldiers or
travelers
2 sells food and personal items to personnel at
an institution or school or camp etc.
3 a restaurant outside; often for soldiers or
policemen [syn: mobile
canteen]
4 a recreation room in an institution
5 restaurant in a factory; where workers can
eat
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Pronunciation
- a UK /ˈkæntɪin/, /"k
Extensive Definition
Canteen has several different
meanings:
- Canteen, a water container
- Canteen (place), a private cafe, restaurant, or cafeteria at a school, office, or military base. (More common in UK English than American English)
- Canteen (cutlery), a collection of cutlery
- CanTeen, an Australasian national support organisation for young people living with cancer.
- railroad water tender
See also
- cantina, similar in etymology
canteen in French:
Cantine
canteen in Simple English:
Cantine
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
PX, automat, beanery, bistro, buffet, buvette, cafe, cafeteria, calabash, cantina, carafe, carboy, caster, chophouse, chuck wagon, coffee
shop, coffeehouse,
coffeeroom, commissary, cookhouse, cookshack, cookshop, cruet, cruse, decanter, demijohn, diner, dining hall, dining room,
dog wagon, drive-in, drive-in restaurant, eatery, eating house, ewer, fast-food chain, fifth, flacon, flagon, flask, flasket, gourd, grill, grillroom, hamburger stand,
hash house, hashery,
hipflask, hot-dog
stand, hot-water bottle, jar, jeroboam, jug, kitchen, lota, lunch counter, lunch wagon,
luncheonette,
lunchroom, magnum, mess hall, mussuk, olla, phial, pizzeria, post exchange,
quick-lunch counter, restaurant, smorgasbord, snack bar,
stoup, tavern, tearoom, trattoria