Meanings
nouncanteen cup (plural canteen cups)
plural canteen cups
- campinggovernmentA metal cup which can be nested on the top or under a canteen.
My tin canteen cup was too hot to touch. I held it in gloved hands, blowing steam from the coffee and watching the sun rise over the fields beyond the fence.
2005, Nathaniel Fick, One Bullet Away, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, page 343Synonyms: mess cup
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA metal cup which can be nested on the top or under a canteen.
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Translations
Finnish kenttämuki
- kenttämukimetal cup used in the military
Hungarian csajka
- csajkametal cup used in the military
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canteen cup. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/canteen%20cup
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“canteen cup.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/canteen%20cup. Accessed November 5, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “canteen cup,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/canteen%20cup.
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