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canteen

[kan-teen] / kænˈtin /


NOUN
container for liquids, used in travels
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In addition, many staff perks, including a paid-for staff canteen, have been axed.

From BBC • Feb. 25, 2026

The canteen, where staff were playing ping pong and pool just 24 hours earlier, was transformed into a nightclub with more than 400 guests.

From BBC • Feb. 24, 2026

One woman posted an image on Xiaohongshu of the rice and vegetables she ate at the canteen.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 4, 2026

Practitioners of downward dog and their actual dogs patronize this tangerine-colored canteen.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 6, 2025

I used the water from Chencho’s abandoned canteen to clean Pita’s wound.

From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall




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