1
: a person who dines (as in a restaurant) or who is dining
2
a
b
chiefly US
: a typically small, informal, and inexpensive restaurant that has an extensive menu and that is often made from or designed to resemble a modified railroad dining car
had lunch at a roadside diner
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Examples of diner in a Sentence
we'll just grab a quick hamburger at the local diner
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The staff swears by its checklist of how to please patrons, a handful of to-dos that have sent diners home happy.
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Allana Haynes, Baltimore Sun, 27 June 2024
For the roaming feast, diners shuttle or walk to participating restaurants and dine and drink on samplings of preset menu items.
—Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 19 June 2024
The plethora of promotional deals come after diners blasted fast food companies on social media earlier this year for rising prices.
—Cindy Carcamo, Los Angeles Times, 17 June 2024
The security men took up stations outside, and the tables near us were kept empty, but the other diners waved and smiled from across the room.
—Jon Lee Anderson, The New Yorker, 17 June 2024
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Allana Haynes, Baltimore Sun, 27 June 2024
For the roaming feast, diners shuttle or walk to participating restaurants and dine and drink on samplings of preset menu items.
—Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 19 June 2024
The plethora of promotional deals come after diners blasted fast food companies on social media earlier this year for rising prices.
—Cindy Carcamo, Los Angeles Times, 17 June 2024
The security men took up stations outside, and the tables near us were kept empty, but the other diners waved and smiled from across the room.
—Jon Lee Anderson, The New Yorker, 17 June 2024
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“Diner.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/diner. Accessed 7 Jul. 2024.
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diner
noun
din·er
ˈdī-nər 
1
: one that dines
2
a
b
: a restaurant in the shape of a railroad car
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