diner
Meaning
- One who dines.
- A dining car in a railroad train.
- A typically small restaurant, usually 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, and often decorated in 50s and 60s pop culture themes and playing popular music from those decades.
Synonyms
dining compartment
one who eats
lounge car
club car
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈdaɪnə(ɹ)/
Etymology
From dine + -er. Doublet of dinner.
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