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PRONUNCIATION OF MOBILE CANTEEN

mobile canteen  [ˈməʊbaɪl ˌkænˈtiːn] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF MOBILE CANTEEN

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adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Mobile canteen is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES MOBILE CANTEEN MEAN IN ENGLISH?

mobile canteen

Food truck

A food truck, mobile kitchen, mobile canteen, roach coach, gut truck, or catering truck is a mobile venue that transports and sells food. Some, including ice cream trucks, sell frozen or prepackaged food; others resemble restaurants on wheels. Some may cater to specific meals, such as the breakfast truck, lunch truck or lunch wagon, snack truck, kebab trailer, break truck, or taco truck. Truck in Nouméa, New Caledonia, serving Chinese food, 2011 Food trucks also cater at events and places of regular work or study – college campuses, office complexes, industrial parks, auto repair shops, movie sets, military bases, etc. – where regular meals or snacks are in high demand by potential customers. Food truck dining as a popular phenomenon has caught on in several U.S. and Canadian cities including Toronto, Hamilton, Vancouver, Washington, D.C., New York, Austin, Houston, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Seattle, St. Louis, Calgary, and Tampa.

Definition of mobile canteen in the English dictionary

The definition of mobile canteen in the dictionary is a truck or lorry with kitchen facilities that can be used on site, such as on a film set, construction site, as a soup kitchen, etc.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH MOBILE CANTEEN


bottine
bɒˈtiːn
canteen
kænˈtiːn
Datin
dæˈtiːn
eighteen
ˈeɪˈtiːn
fifteen
ˈfɪfˈtiːn
fourteen
ˈfɔːˈtiːn
langoustine
ˌlɒŋɡuːsˈtiːn
lateen
ləˈtiːn
nineteen
ˌnaɪnˈtiːn
poutine
puːˈtiːn
preteen
priːˈtiːn
routine
ruːˈtiːn
sateen
sæˈtiːn
seventeen
ˈsɛvənˈtiːn
sixteen
ˈsɪksˈtiːn
Stettin
ʃtɛˈtiːn
tartine
tɑːˈtiːn
thirteen
ˈθɜːˈtiːn
umpteen
ˌʌmpˈtiːn
velveteen
ˌvɛlvɪˈtiːn

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE MOBILE CANTEEN

mobile
Mobile Bay
Mobile Command
mobile data system
mobile home
mobile library
mobile number
mobile phone
mobile phone chicken
mobile police unit
mobile shop
mobile studio
mobilisable
mobilisation
mobilise
mobiliser
mobility
mobility allowance
mobility housing
mobilizable

WORDS THAT END LIKE MOBILE CANTEEN

mangosteen
posteen
postteen
poteen
rateen
ratteen
Springsteen
staff canteen
Steen
subteen
teen
the Fifteen
voteen

Synonyms and antonyms of mobile canteen in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «mobile canteen» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF MOBILE CANTEEN

Find out the translation of mobile canteen to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of mobile canteen from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «mobile canteen» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

流动食堂
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

cantina móvil
570 millions of speakers

English

mobile canteen
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

मोबाइल कैंटीन
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

مقصف النقال
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

мобильная столовая
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

cantina móvel
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

মোবাইল ক্যান্টিন
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

roulante
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Kantin mudah alih
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

mobile Küche
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

携帯水筒
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

매점이
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Kantin mobile
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

căng tin di động
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

மொபைல் உணவகம்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

मोबाइल कॅन्टीन
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Mobil kantin
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

mensa cellulare
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

mobilna stołówka
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

мобільна їдальня
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

cantină mobil
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

κινητής καντίνας
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

mobiele kantien
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

mobil kantin
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

mobile kantine
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of mobile canteen

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «MOBILE CANTEEN»

The term «mobile canteen» is used very little and occupies the 153.647 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «MOBILE CANTEEN» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «mobile canteen» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «mobile canteen» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about mobile canteen

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MOBILE CANTEEN»

Discover the use of mobile canteen in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to mobile canteen and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Its Always Possible: Transforming One of the Largest Prisons ...
This was because the prison's mobile canteen meant for the welfare of the prisoners would either sell these items at exorbitant prices, or have a very irregular supply. There was no price list hung on the mobile canteen and it was up to the will ...
‎2005
2
The Rotarian
Rotary and the World at War The mobile canteen being presented by the Rotary Club of Bolton, England, to the Mayor, caught fire "in the act," but quick work with an extinguisher saved it. . . . The Stockton, THE NAVY takes on water — at a ...
3
Seventy-Five Years of 'Being Prepared': A History of Walesby ...
THE LATE 1940S: THE COULBYS, THE WALESBY CONVALESCENT HOME AND BADEN-POWELL July 1945 Walesby was given a mobile canteen by the Nottingham and Notts Licence Victuallers and Wine and Beer Traders, which ' would ...
Andrew Luczko, 2013
4
A Squid's Story My First Four Years in the United States Navy
Everyone onboard knew exactly when the mobile canteen came by, because the POOW would announce its arrival on the pier: “The Navy Exchange Mobile Canteen is now on the pier.” Since we had been in GITMO for around a week now ...
John Rudolph, 2011
5
The Biddle Chronicles (Hard Cover)
As it got closer we could make out what was painted on its roof: 'Navy Exchange Mobile Canteen'. The Navy Exchange Mobile Canteen was always full of rancid fast food including cold hot dogs, stale potato chips, and warm sodas of every ...
Brian Devitt
6
Women in Uniform
"10.30 a.m. A great moment — the Y.M.C.A. mobile canteen arrives, and for half an hour we drink scalding cups of strong tea and gorge ourselves on cream buns , then stroll around talking. "I find I am always hungry on this job. " 1 1 a.m. On ...
D. Collett Wadge, 1946
7
The Dead Stroll
Tuesday, May 28, 1968, 1:38 a. m. Craig and his companions were drinking Salvation Army coffee from the mobile canteen parked at the police command post. The large playground lot of an elementary school at 26th and Kentucky had been ...
Edward L. Mercer, 2011
8
Evansville: The World War II Years
THE SALVATION ARMY "MOBILE CANTEEN" Equipment donated by Chrysler C. I. O. Auto Workers Union No. 705 Local 705 of the United Auto Workers represented workers at the Plymouth assembly plant, opened in 1935. Its workers  ...
Darrel E. Bigham, 2005
9
The Rotarian
The goal of the group is to carry out one joint civic project a year, the first of which was the presentation of a mobile canteen to the Salvation Army (see cut). Promote Safety? Here Are Ways! Safety is the aim of many Community Service ...
10
Food City
... of the Mexican taco. In the UK, mobile canteens did not assume popularity until the World War II. A mobile canteen would be deployed at remote theatres ofwar, providing hot food, tea, cigarettes, conversation and news on the wireless to ...
CJ Lim, 2014

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MOBILE CANTEEN»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term mobile canteen is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Oxford student driven crazy by the Blitz and went on a gun rampage
... the YMCA mobile canteen service. For her, simply being confronted by the uncomfortable reality of war was enough to invoke the Blitz spirit. «Daily Mail, Jul 15»
2
Blessed are those who hunger
For years, the Salvation Army has been feeding children in Piqua through their mobile canteen unit. Every Monday through Friday, a dedicated ... «Troy Daily News, Jul 15»
3
Waterloo/Cedar Falls Salvation Army offering RAGBRAI support
They'll have a mobile Canteen set up near the vending area at the McLeod Center on the University of Northern Iowa campus starting in the ... «kwwl.com, Jul 15»
4
Chronicles of food and memories
... bondas served at the mobile canteen on Marina beach, healthy mixed greens-potato bake at Stanford University, the Bombay bonda and the ... «onmanorama, Jul 15»
5
Art from the past: a nation on fire in the Battle of Britain
For those occasions, the Red Cross would issue a 'flying column': comprising a mobile canteen, supply van, staff car and motorcycle. «Red Cross Blogs, Jul 15»
6
Stories from a Peripatetic Kitchen
... give away on Pound Day, the sticky coconut toffee made every Diwali, the bondas served at the mobile canteen on Marina beach, and so on. «The New Indian Express, Jul 15»
7
The Way We Were: Eileen recalls going to the Globe Cafe for her …
... to run through the family's veins, he contacted my grandfather and donated his pride and joy to become a mobile canteen for the duration. «Stoke Sentinel, Jul 15»
8
Salvation Army of Western Pa. receives new mobile canteen
The Salvation Army's mobile canteens serve some of the most vulnerable members of the community: people whose lives have been drastically ... «Tribune-Review, Jun 15»
9
Boyertown Museum of Historic Vehicles to hold its first-ever food …
The 1961 International truck operated by The Ocean Roll was built by the Boyertown Auto Body Works as a mobile canteen for the State of ... «The Mercury, Jun 15»
10
Salvation Army seeks canteen volunteers
The corps is recruiting volunteers to work on the mobile canteen. Volunteers take turns being on a call list and must be able to be the first to ... «La Crosse Tribune, Jun 15»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Mobile canteen [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/mobile-canteen>. May 2024 ».
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