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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Melissa Kravitz Hoeffner, Forbes.com, 3 June 2025
Le created all of the recipes herself, cooks food in the restaurant and even serves dishes to diners.
—Camila Pedrosa, Sacbee.com, 30 May 2025
Everyone in the squad car and the two outdoor diners were rushed to St. Lukes Hospital; all were listed in stable condition, cops said.
—Nicholas Williams, New York Daily News, 27 May 2025
The popular fast-food diner is only closed on Thanksgiving and Christmas.
—Andrew Stanton, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 May 2025
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Melissa Kravitz Hoeffner, Forbes.com, 3 June 2025
Le created all of the recipes herself, cooks food in the restaurant and even serves dishes to diners.
—Camila Pedrosa, Sacbee.com, 30 May 2025
Everyone in the squad car and the two outdoor diners were rushed to St. Lukes Hospital; all were listed in stable condition, cops said.
—Nicholas Williams, New York Daily News, 27 May 2025
The popular fast-food diner is only closed on Thanksgiving and Christmas.
—Andrew Stanton, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 May 2025
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“Diner.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/diner. Accessed 10 Jun. 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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