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Noun: cantina  kan'tee-nu
  1. A room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter
    "he drowned his sorrows in whiskey at the cantina";
    - barroom [N. Amer], bar, saloon, ginmill [N. Amer, informal], taproom, lounge bar [Brit], saloon bar [Brit]

Derived forms: cantinas

Type of: room

Part of: boozer [Brit, informal], gin mill [N. Amer, informal], groggery [US, archaic], inn [Brit], pothouse [archaic], pub [Brit, Cdn], public house [Brit], saloon [Brit], tap house [archaic], taphouse [archaic], tavern, watering hole [informal]

Encyclopedia: Cantina