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bialann — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • canteen noun A small, often flask-shaped container for carrying drinking water, especially used by soldiers or campers.
  • diner noun A small, casual restaurant, often open long hours and serving simple, affordable food, historically styled like a railroad dining car.
  • pantry noun A small room or cupboard, usually near the kitchen, used to store food.
  • restaurant noun A business where meals are prepared and served to customers, usually for payment.

Senses

bialann is used for these senses in English:

  • canteen A small cafeteria or snack bar, especially one in a military establishment, school, or place of work.
  • diner (US) A typically small restaurant, historically modeled after a railroad dining car, that serves lower-class fare, normally having a counter with stools along one side and booths on the other.
  • dining car (rail) A carriage on a train that functions as a restaurant.
  • mess hall (US) A military dining room or building on an army or marine base.
  • pantry A small room, closet, or cabinet usually located in or near the kitchen, dedicated to shelf-stable food storage or storing kitchenware, like a larder, but smaller.
  • restaurant An eating establishment in which diners are served food, usually by waiters at their tables but sometimes (as in a fast food restaurant) at a counter.

canteen — full definition

  1. noun A small, often flask-shaped container for carrying drinking water, especially used by soldiers or campers.
  2. noun A cafeteria or snack bar, especially at a school, workplace, or military base.

diner — full definition

  1. noun A small, casual restaurant, often open long hours and serving simple, affordable food, historically styled like a railroad dining car.
  2. noun A person who is eating a meal, especially at a restaurant.

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