canteen

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

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

   He ordered a salad at the canteen.

2. 2
   noun

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

   Come, stack arms, Men! Pile on the rails; stir up the campfire bright; no matter if the canteen fails, we'll make a roaring night. Here Shenandoah brawls along, there burly Blue Ridge echoes strong, to swell the Brigade's rousing song, of “Stonewall Jackson’s Way.”

3. 3
   noun

   a flask for carrying water

4. 4
   noun

   restaurant in a factory

5. 5
   noun

   a recreation room in an institution

6. 6
   noun

   a restaurant outside

7. 7
   noun

   sells food and personal items to personnel at an institution or school or camp etc.

8. 8
   noun

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

Etymology

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