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# canteen

noun (a canteen, canteens)

«canteen» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A canteen is a room or place in a school, factory or office where people buy or get meals. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/canteen/#m1)
2. A canteen is a small bottle for carrying water, used by soldiers, campers and hikers. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/canteen/#m2)
3. A canteen of cutlery is a box with a set of knives, forks and spoons. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/canteen/#m3)
4. Long ago, a canteen could also mean a soldier's kit or the useful qualities a person carries with them. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/canteen/#m4)

### In the lessons

In everyday school life in the UK, Australia and New Zealand pupils eat lunch in the canteen (also called dining hall; in the US «cafeteria»; in Australia the «tuckshop» is a kind of canteen). Camping and hiking: fill your canteen before a walk.

### Examples

- We have lunch in the school canteen. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/canteen/#x1)
- The canteen sells soup and sandwiches. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/canteen/#x2)
- Fill your canteen with water before the hike. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/canteen/#x3)
- The soldier drank from his canteen. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/canteen/#x4)
- The canteen is noisy at lunchtime. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/canteen/#x5)
- Grandma keeps the silver cutlery in a canteen. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/canteen/#x6)
- The boy was active, pleasant of speech, and good-humored; that is the best canteen, said his old comrades. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/canteen/#x7)

### Note

Countable: canteens. Spelled with double e at the end: canteen. Word for school dining rooms differs: canteen (UK, Australia), cafeteria or lunchroom (US), tuckshop (Australia, for the shop).

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «canteen» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/canteen/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«canteen» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/canteen.html) on Mova free.