Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. One that dines: midnight diners enjoying the meal after the theater.
- n. See dining car.
- n. A small, usually inexpensive restaurant with a long counter and booths and housed in a building designed to resemble a dining car.
Wiktionary
- n. Agent noun of dine; one who dines; one who eats a meal, especially dinner.
- n. A small and inexpensive type of restaurant which is modelled to resemble a dining car.
- n. A railroad dining car.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. One who dines.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a person eating a meal (especially in a restaurant)
- n. a restaurant that resembles a dining car
- n. a passenger car where food is served in transit
Etymologies
- to dine + -er (Wiktionary)
Examples
“And my husband and I, who follow all the conventional coffee ideas, have a secret love at least it was secret until now for what we call diner coffee, which you get from diners and cheap restaurants.”
“Just beyond the diner is the New Empress movie theater, and on Saturday afternoons you will see a group of kids lined up outside waiting to go in and see a Western, some cartoons, and a chapter in the Buck Rogers weekly serial.”
“Such behavior might make sense when a diner is willing to put up with a mediocre meal at a crowded chain restaurant to avoid the risk of food poisoning at a quirky neighborhood joint.”
“The expansive menu found at the typical American diner is great and all, but only because we all know what is on it (breakfast, sandwiches, burgers, cheap meat).”
“Check out this retro-cool Twilight Zone bobblehead nicked from the William Shatner "fortune teller in diner" episode. [via Super Punch]”
“Elaine was incensed that a certain diner featured only big-breasted waitresses -- until she discovered that all the women were the owner's daughters.”
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“Which means, yes, people are willing to drive to three different Denny's just to get a coupon for a free chain diner breakfast.”
“Other than that, she considered pulling into the old drive-in diner and picking up a chocolate malt.”
“He didn't know who he was dealing with; this diner is infamous for snobbery.”
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“Along with Taam Tov, the almost 60 year old diner is one of the most well known of the hidden gems in the diamond district, and it will be missed.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘diner’.
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Words that are also movies
Unabashedly stolen from a comment made by courier12.
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EN-HU - important words for a HU inte...
Words only (I left out the expressions) from Geza Kerenyi's EN-HU interpreters' dictionary. Most of them pose some difficulty when interpreted between HU and EN in either or both directions.
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food collection
bread, peel, pot, chorizo, Filet, olive, fill, Phyllo, dough, bake, mat, pinot and 988 more...
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Movies I've Seen
There's a jar I've been adding movie ticket stubs to since about age twelve. I am pleased to have a more accessible way of keeping track of the movies I've seen. Even if some are pretty embarrassin...
ghostbusters, amadeus, miller's crossing, no reservations, hoot, insomnia, master and commander, the matrix, o brother, where ..., night of the comet, the dark knight, tropic thunder and 489 more...
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colleen's words
yellow, green, pie, blue, fur, people, incense, book, brown, avuncular, mountain, fog and 1316 more...
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deegee's Words
pay-per-view, vitriol, delectable, snarky, unflinching, forsake, pervasive, inconsequential, unnerving, allure, endearing, unalloyed and 414 more...
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Watchmen (2009)
Words from 2009 'Watchmen' film.
adversary, certitude, deterrent, stockpile, posturing, minuteman, vigilante, toss, flip, spook, carcass, tread and 174 more...
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Guide for the Femme Fatale
noir, vamp, moxie, harlot, chanteuse, roadhouse, garter, diner, curves, cigarette-holder, trouble, vixen and 6 more...
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TN5 Lesson 60
reception, soon, dressed, sweetheart, noticed, nightgown, evening gown, lobby, water fountain, left-hand, right-hand, receptionist and 22 more...
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You Are Where You Eat
diner, brasserie, rotisserie, bistro, cafeteria, canteen, grillroom, steakhouse, teahouse, cafe, chophouse, greasy spoon and 22 more...
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Places For Eating And Drinking
slap-bang, bistro, speakeasy, tavern, brasserie, cafe, bar, restaurant, osteria, diner, shebeen, trattoria and 6 more...
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Galaxy 415
I've been writing a story that will hopefully become a movie some day and these are some words relating to it.
cosmos, orion, starship, tenement, raincoat, constellation, freckle, downtrodden, whimsy, optimism, pessimism, melancholy and 11 more...
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D is for Daisy Cutter
My D Words
data exhaust, daft punk, dandelion, dackelblick, daft, daisy, daisy cutter, dame, dandy, danke, dapper, death rattle and 62 more...
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