canteen
noun
a small container used especially by soldiers and hikers for carrying water or other liquids.
canteens
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pluralof canteen.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Within a day of that criticism, Mundhe's team inspected canteens in the state's high court complex and flagged violations.
From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2026
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
From school and university canteens to football stadiums and theatres, venison is muscling in on beef as UK chefs hunt for greener options.
From Barron's ● Dec. 21, 2025
“The main thing is just not to starve to death,” one video blogger advised in a post detailing how she subsisted on snack samples and free meals from temples and student canteens.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 24, 2024
Some of them were drinking from canteens, or chewing on hard loaves of bread.
From "My Brother Sam is Dead" by James Lincoln Collier and Christopher Collier
