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canteen

[kan-teen] / kænˈtin /


NOUN
container for liquids, used in travels
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The final plan adopted in 2022 added details such as meeting facilities, a fitness center, canteen, Patriot Store and other “community-serving activities.”

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 11, 2026

Justice Elena Kagan refers to herself as the “frozen yogurt justice” and even had a fro-yo machine installed in the court’s canteen.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 19, 2026

Money does not change hands among residents, not in its cooperative grocery store nor community canteen.

From Barron's Jun. 25, 2026

Over in the canteen, Syrian and African musicians chow down with Posdnuos from De La Soul and sitar legend Anoushka Shankar.

From BBC Jun. 21, 2026

When she finally sat back, he offered her the canteen.

From "The Reader" by Traci Chee

At the height of the Cold War, Moscow operated an airport on Svalbard and three mining towns complete with state-of-the-art health facilities and 24-hour canteens.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 21, 2026

Post-primary pupils face price rises of 19% on food they buy from school canteens, while pre-school prices will also go up.

From BBC Jan. 4, 2026

Imperial College London dropped beef from most of its canteens two years ago, replacing it with venison alongside chicken and pork.

From Barron's Dec. 21, 2025

Exposing people to positive social norms, using posters in canteens encouraging vegetable consumption, or in bars to discourage dangerous levels of drinking, have been shown to work.

From Science Daily Apr. 24, 2024

It’s a bill of sale for ammunition, food, clothes, canteens, and pans.

From "Will’s Race for Home" by Jewell Parker Rhodes




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