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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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
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
“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
Schools are concerned about the loss of specialist spaces which cannot be easily replicated, such as technology work rooms, science labs, sports facilities, toilets and canteens.
From BBC ● Jan. 2, 2024
Mrs. Sidman walked in front of me, picking up sweatshirts and canteens that hadn’t been tied to the packs very well, and handing them to Danny and Meryl Lee when her arms got too full.
From "The Wednesday Wars" by Gary D. Schmidt
