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[ drahyv -in ] SHOW IPA
/ ˈdraɪvˌɪn / PHONETIC RESPELLING
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noun a place of business or public facility designed to accommodate patrons who sit in their automobiles, as a movie theater with an outdoor screen facing the parking area or a restaurant where servers bring food out to be eaten in the parked automobiles.
adjective of, relating to, or characteristic of such an establishment: Drive-in business far exceeded walk-in business.
Origin of drive-in An Americanism first recorded in 1925–30; noun, adjective use of verb phrase drive in
Words nearby drive-in driveaway, drive-by, drive-by download, drive-by shooting, drive home, drive-in , drivel, driveline, driven, drive-off, driver
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Example sentences from the Web for drive-in On the way out of town we stopped at a drive-in grocery to buy ice for the cooler.
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He made suggestions to the manager of the drive-in burger restaurant about what should be on the jukebox.
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Drive-in burger restaurants played a crucial role in cruising.
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He came around a blind corner of the drive-in lane just as an SUV pulled up.
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A drive-in is also convenient if a customer leaves his car while his battery is being repaired.
The Automobile Storage Battery | O. A. Witte
On the drive-in , Adine stopped the car while Davy invoiced his available cash at sixty-five dollars.
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And this drive-in grocery that I was talking about, if you remember there—I think I had seen her there.
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As soon as growth of business permits, a shop should have a drive-in , so that the customer may bring his car off the street.
The Automobile Storage Battery | O. A. Witte
As soon as possible, however, a shop which is large enough to have a drive-in should be rented or built.
The Automobile Storage Battery | O. A. Witte
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British Dictionary definitions for drive-in adjective denoting a public facility or service designed to be used by patrons seated in their cars a drive-in bank
noun mainly US and Canadian a cinema designed to be used in such a manner
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Words related to drive-in coffee shop, bar, diner, joint, inn, outlet, saloon, cafeteria, dining room, arena, opera house, room, theatre, cinema, movie, site, amphitheater, scene, drama, house