English Explanatory Dictionary

diner

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Someone who dines.
  2. Someone who gives a dinner.
  3. A car in a railroad train that serves meals.
  4. 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.
noun
  1. A commemorative currency of Andorra, not legal tender, divided into 100 centims.

Pronunciation

dī'nər /ˈdaɪnə(ɹ)/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-diner.wav

Word forms

diner diners

Etymology

From dine + -er.

Synonyms

dining car restaurant car pub choke and puke automat beanery buffet cafeteria caff canteen cookhouse cookshack diner dining hall eatery hashery hotel luncheonette lunchroom noshery restaurant

Related words

dinette dining room

Derived words

dinerlike diner lingo diner-out Joe's Diner lounge diner
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