how to pronounce canteen

/kænˈtiːn/

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canteen is pronounced in two syllables

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An example use of canteen in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… the BBC pepper law into a canteen and …”

meaning of canteen

A canteen is a place where soldiers or workers can get food and drink.

canteen frequency in english - C2 level of CEFR

the word canteen occurs in english on average 5.6 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics canteen can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that canteen can be often used in the following areas:

1) food and health;

2) transport and travel;

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