dining carnoun [ C usually singular ]
uk/ˈdaɪ.nɪŋ ˌkɑːr/us/ˈdaɪ.nɪŋ ˌkɑːr/US UK restaurant cara part of a train in which passengers are served meals
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Railways: trains & parts of trains
- air brake
- baggage car
- bogie
- boiler
- bullet train
- caboose
- carriage
- choo-choo
- coach
- couchette
- diesel
- emergency cord
- freight car
- intercity
- luggage van
- maglev train
- rolling stock
- shunt
- sleeping car
- wagon-lit
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Examples from literature
- The trains had no dining cars, so passengers ate in the Cascade Station dining hall with the workers.
- Ask the dining car steward to see that he eats dinner on something better than candy bars.
- Breakfast will soon be served in the dining car.
- He raced back through two chair cars and a tourist sleeper, and he entered the dining car with an emphasis that kept the screen door swinging for a full half minute.
- The dining car has resumed its restaurant appearance, and here is the wedding banquet, instead of the usual fare.
- The train is no sooner off than the passengers go to the dining car.