CANTEEN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does canteen mean? 

• CANTEEN (noun)
  The noun CANTEEN has 5 senses:

1. a flask for carrying water; used by soldiers or travelers

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

3. a restaurant outside; often for soldiers or policemen

4. a recreation room in an institution

5. restaurant in a factory; where workers can eat

  Familiarity information: CANTEEN used as a noun is common.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CANTEEN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A flask for carrying water; used by soldiers or travelers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("canteen" is a kind of...):

flask (bottle that has a narrow neck)

Sense 2

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("canteen" is a kind of...):

shop; store (a mercantile establishment for the retail sale of goods or services)

Sense 3

Meaning:

A restaurant outside; often for soldiers or policemen

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

canteen; mobile canteen

Hypernyms ("canteen" is a kind of...):

eatery; eating house; eating place; restaurant (a building where people go to eat)

Sense 4

Meaning:

A recreation room in an institution

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("canteen" is a kind of...):

rec room; recreation room (a room equipped for informal entertaining)

Sense 5

Meaning:

Restaurant in a factory; where workers can eat

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("canteen" is a kind of...):

eatery; eating house; eating place; restaurant (a building where people go to eat)

 Context examples 

The man is by trade a conjurer and performer, going round the canteens after nightfall, and giving a little entertainment at each.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

“Snake-catcher is what I call them, and Teddy is amazing quick on cobras. I have one here without the fangs, and Teddy catches it every night to please the folk in the canteen.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)