canteen
Pronunciation: /kanˈtiːn/
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Definition of canteen
noun
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 (sense 2)