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canteen cup

canteen cup noun: a metal cup which can be nested on the top or under a canteen.

canteen cup: a metal cup which can be nested on the top or under a canteen
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Noun

canteen cup (plural canteen cups)

  1. (camping) A 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 343
    Synonyms:
    mess cup

Synonyms of canteen cup

Forms of canteen cup

pluralcanteen cups

Questions about canteen cup

What does canteen cup mean?
Canteen cup means a metal cup which can be nested on the top or under a canteen.
What part of speech is canteen cup?
Canteen cup is a noun.
What is the plural of canteen cup?
The plural of canteen cup is canteen cups.

Words near canteen cup in the dictionary

  1. canted angles
  2. canteen
  3. canteen cowboy
  4. canteen cowboys
  5. canteen culture
  6. canteen cup
  7. canteen cups
  8. canteen lizard
  9. canteen lizards
  10. canteen truck
  11. canteen trucks

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