Noun: cantina kan'tee-nu
- 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, saloon bar [Brit], lounge 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