B2nounfoodtravel
US/ˈdaɪ.nər/
UK/ˈdaɪ.nə/
a small, cheap restaurant, common in the US, that serves simple meals all day
In context
We stopped at a roadside diner for pancakes and coffee on the way.
The diner is open twenty-four hours, so night workers eat there often.
A classic diner near the campus serves breakfast to students at all hours.
Words that go with diner
adjective + noun
- local dinerWe had breakfast at the local diner.
- roadside dinerA roadside diner served us a cheap lunch.
- American dinerThe film is set in an American diner.
noun + noun
- diner foodDiner food is simple and filling.
verb + preposition
- eat at a dinerThey like to eat at a diner after the game.