canteen English · revision 1598

+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /kænˈtiːn/ ''(UK)''; /kænˈtin/ ''(US)''^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[bor|fr|cantine|t=sutler's shop; bottle case]],^(AHD)^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline)^(MW Collegiate)^(RHWU) [[der|it|cantina|t=wine cellar]],^(AHD)^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline)^(MW Collegiate)^(RHWU) probably from ''canto'' “corner”,^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline)^(MW Collegiate)^(RHWU) perhaps in the sense of a corner for storage.^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline) A Gaulish origin has also been proposed.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ A case with compartments for carrying bottles (1737),^(OED 1989)^(Barnhart 1995)^(MW Collegiate) and a sutler's shop in a military camp (1744).^(OED 1989)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ The shop selling provisions and liquor to soldiers became a refreshment room at a military base (1803),^(Etymonline) and by 1870 a refreshment room at a school, factory and the like.^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989) The sense of a soldier's water flask (1744) also came from French.^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989) A chest of cutlery is a later British sense (1895).^(OED 1989)^(MW Collegiate)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1737 – a case for carrying bottles.^(OED 1989)^(Barnhart 1995)^(MW Collegiate)

+ * 1744 – a sutler's shop in a camp; a soldier's water flask.^(OED 1989)^(Etymonline)

+ * 1803 – a refreshment room at a military base.^(Etymonline)

+ * 1817 – a chest of cooking and table utensils.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1870 – a refreshment room at a school or workplace.^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989)

+ * 1895 – a case of table cutlery.^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A small [[cafeteria]] or snack bar, as at a military base, school or workplace.^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)^(RHWU)^(Wiktionary)

+ # A flask for carrying water or other drinks, as by soldiers or [[hiker|alt=hikers]].^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)^(RHWU)^(Wiktionary)

+ # A general store at a military post.^(MW Collegiate)^(RHWU)

+ # A social club or recreation hall where refreshments are served.^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)^(RHWU)

+ # ''(British)'' A box for storing [[cutlery]].^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)^(RHWU)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[cantina]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}