diner

Meanings

Plural: diners

Noun

• a person eating a meal (especially in a restaurant)
• a passenger car where food is served in transit
• a restaurant that resembles a dining car
• One who dines.
• One who gives a dinner.
• A dining car in a railroad train.
• 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.
• A commemorative currency of Andorra, not legal tender, divided into 100 centims.

Synonyms

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

Related Words

dinette, dining room