canteen

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   A place where meals are served in a school, factory, or other workplace.

   We usually have lunch in the office canteen at noon.

2. 2
   noun

   A small container for carrying water, used by soldiers or campers.

   The hiker filled her canteen at the spring before setting off.

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

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