Meaning

7 senses
  1. A water bottle, flask, or other vessel, typically used by a soldier or camper as a bottle for carrying water or liquor for drink.

    Feldflasche

    фля́гаfljága, фля́жкаfljážka, бидо́нbidón

    фля́гаfljáha, фля́жкаfljážka, пля́шкаpljáška

    a flask for carrying water; used by soldiers or travelers

  2. A military mess kit.

  3. A box with compartments for storing eating utensils, silverware etc.

    Besteckkasten

  4. A temporary or mobile café used in an emergency or on a film location etc.

  5. A small cafeteria or snack bar, especially one in a military establishment, school, or place of work.

    He ordered a salad at the canteen.

    Kantine, Mensa, Cafeteria

    столо́ваяstolóvaja, заку́сочнаяzakúsočnaja, буфе́тbufét

    їда́льняjidálʹnja, кафете́рійkafetérij

  6. A small cafeteria or snack bar, especially one in a military establishment, school, or place of work.

    A cafeteria in a school or place of work.

  7. Goods purchased from a prison canteen.

Examples

80 sentences
  1. My canteen is already half empty.

    ruМоя фляжка уже наполовину пуста. — AntonKhorev

  2. Tom filled his canteen with water.

  3. I forgot to bring my canteen.

  4. There wasn't any water in the canteen.

  5. There was no water in the canteen.

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 2
water bottle:
small cafeteria or snack bar:
Русский
By meaning 2
water bottle:
small cafeteria or snack bar:
Deutsch
By meaning 3
water bottle:
box with compartments:
small cafeteria or snack bar:

Origin

Borrowed from French cantine, itself borrowed from Italian cantina. Doublet of cantina.

Borrowed from French cantine, itself borrowed from Italian cantina. Doublet of cantina.

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Forms

plural: canteens
Singularcanteen
Pluralcanteens

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

8 related words

See also

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