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
Examples of diner in a Sentence
we'll just grab a quick hamburger at the local diner
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Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 Mar. 2025
This was certainly my experience when, in high school in 2005, some friends and I sneakily purchased a pack of cigarettes from a vending machine in a twenty-four-hour diner.
—Carrie Battan, The New Yorker, 10 Mar. 2025
The commercial kicks off with Jelly Roll (whose real name is Jason DeFord) driving a bright red pickup truck into a rest stop complete with a gas station, diner, and motel.
—Faisal Kutty, Newsweek, 10 Mar. 2025
Gravity Pizza — This sourdough pizza diner located next to Thrift Pony also serves sandwiches, salads and dessert.
—Laura Barrero, Axios, 7 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for diner
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“Diner.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/diner. Accessed 23 Mar. 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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