Meaning & use
Diner
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A small, casual restaurant, often open long hours and serving simple, inexpensive food.
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We stopped at a roadside diner for pancakes.
The old diner still had its original chrome counter and stools.
A note on using this word
Also refers to a person who is eating a meal, though the restaurant sense is far more common in American English.
Words with a similar meaning
cafeeatery
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Another way to use it
2. noun
A person who is eating a meal, especially in a restaurant.
The waiter took orders from each diner at the table.
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