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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we'll just grab a quick hamburger at the local diner
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Lauren Mowery, Forbes, 22 Jan. 2025
Among the few diners: an octogenarian and her descendants, a stressed-looking woman on a laptop.
—Sheila Yasmin Marikar, The New Yorker, 20 Jan. 2025
The 166-person-capacity diner was already bustling more than usual for a Thursday night thanks to a local school fundraiser, and the waiting area was noticeably filled with film and TV superfans wearing T-shirts and hats inspired by Twin Peaks, Eraserhead and other Lynch hits.
—Danielle Directo-Meston, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Jan. 2025
The outlet reported that Ortiz-Chavez’s son Angelo Baldonado, who was 16 at the time of the shooting, had confronted Ruiz, who was dating Baldonado’s sister, at the diner.
—Sean Neumann, People.com, 17 Jan. 2025
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Lauren Mowery, Forbes, 22 Jan. 2025
Among the few diners: an octogenarian and her descendants, a stressed-looking woman on a laptop.
—Sheila Yasmin Marikar, The New Yorker, 20 Jan. 2025
The 166-person-capacity diner was already bustling more than usual for a Thursday night thanks to a local school fundraiser, and the waiting area was noticeably filled with film and TV superfans wearing T-shirts and hats inspired by Twin Peaks, Eraserhead and other Lynch hits.
—Danielle Directo-Meston, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Jan. 2025
The outlet reported that Ortiz-Chavez’s son Angelo Baldonado, who was 16 at the time of the shooting, had confronted Ruiz, who was dating Baldonado’s sister, at the diner.
—Sean Neumann, People.com, 17 Jan. 2025
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“Diner.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/diner. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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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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