dining car
noun
a railroad car equipped with tables and chairs, in which meals are served.
dining cars
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pluralof dining car.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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The cost — about $3,200 for a couple, one way, when I booked — includes meals in the dining cars.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 9, 2025
The food on European trains seems to be flourishing in Central and Eastern Europe, he said, while dining cars have become a rarity in much of Western Europe.
From New York Times ● Apr. 6, 2023
In his videos, one gets to experience the new glass-sided railway carriages, plush dining cars and private air-conditioned coupes.
From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2022
Others serve as whimsical compendiums: Fick lists Mongolia’s five domesticated animals; documents fellow passengers’ fuzzy-slippered train wear; and ranks the quality of second-class dining cars by country.
From Washington Post ● May 19, 2022
Swaying in sleeping berths and dining cars, she had plenty of time for thought.
From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield
