canteen cup
Soldier's drinking vessel
A canteen cup is a metal cup designed to nest around or attach to a military canteen, serving as both a drinking vessel and a small cooking pot.
Soldiers use it to heat water, brew coffee, or warm food over an open flame: He boiled water for coffee in his canteen cup.
The cup's kidney or crescent shape matches the contour of standard military canteens.
- mess kitCompact portable eating equipment
- hot chowFood served heated
- hotHaving much warmth
- drinkConsumable liquid
- boilHeat to bubbling point
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