[kanˈtiːn], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a restaurant provided by an organization such as a college, factory, or company for its students or staff
(e.g: they ate lunch in the canteen)

- a small water bottle, as used by soldiers or campers
(e.g: he was getting thirsty and his canteen was empty)

- a specially designed case or box containing a set of cutlery
(e.g: she brought them a canteen of cutlery as a wedding gift)


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Origin:
mid 18th century (originally denoting a shop selling provisions or alcohol in a barracks or garrison town): from French cantine, from Italian cantina ‘cellar’. A French use of cantine denoting a small compartmented case for carrying bottles of wine may have given rise to canteen