canteen

noun

restaurant in a factory

a recreation room in an institution

a restaurant outside

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

a flask for carrying water

Roots

cantocant- · Italian · corner, cellar corner ina-een · Italian · diminutive/place suffix

Synonyms for canteen

cafeterian lunchroomn cookhousen commissaryn luncheonette tearoomn eateryn dinern restaurantn coffeeroom coffeehousen cantina

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The word canteen breaks down into 2 roots of Italian origin: cant, from Italian canto (“corner, cellar corner”); and -een, from Italian ina (“diminutive/place suffix”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.