DINER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does diner mean? 

• DINER (noun)
  The noun DINER has 3 senses:

1. a person eating a meal (especially in a restaurant)

2. a passenger car where food is served in transit

3. a restaurant that resembles a dining car

  Familiarity information: DINER used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DINER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A person eating a meal (especially in a restaurant)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("diner" is a kind of...):

eater; feeder (someone who consumes food for nourishment)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "diner"):

carver; cutter (someone who carves the meat)

dining companion; tablemate (someone you dine with)

Derivation:

dine (have supper; eat dinner)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A passenger car where food is served in transit

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

buffet car; diner; dining car; dining compartment

Hypernyms ("diner" is a kind of...):

carriage; coach; passenger car (a railcar where passengers ride)

Derivation:

dine (give dinner to; host for dinner)

dine (have supper; eat dinner)

Sense 3

Meaning:

A restaurant that resembles a dining car

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("diner" is a kind of...):

eatery; eating house; eating place; restaurant (a building where people go to eat)

Derivation:

dine (give dinner to; host for dinner)

dine (have supper; eat dinner)

 Context examples 

To identify whether there are aspects of auditory perception that are universal across cultures, McDermott and his team have traveled into places ranging from Boston to remote Amazonia, where they record sounds ranging from the clatter of a noisy diner to the stillness of a woodland path.

(Understanding how the brain makes sense of sound, National Science Foundation)