drive-in
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.
of, relating to, or characteristic of such an establishment: Drive-in business far exceeded walk-in business.
Origin of drive-in
1Words Nearby drive-in
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How to use drive-in in a sentence
On the way out of town we stopped at a drive-in grocery to buy ice for the cooler.
‘The Land of the Permanent Wave’ Is Bud Shrake’s Classic Take on ‘60s Texas | Edwin Shrake | February 2, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTHe made suggestions to the manager of the drive-in burger restaurant about what should be on the jukebox.
P.J. O’Rourke on Grabbing the Keys to Happiness | P. J. O’Rourke | January 24, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTdrive-in burger restaurants played a crucial role in cruising.
P.J. O’Rourke on Grabbing the Keys to Happiness | P. J. O’Rourke | January 24, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTOr take Dicks drive-in, a six-store chain in the Seattle area, whose menu of benefits resembles that of a technology company.
He came around a blind corner of the drive-in lane just as an SUV pulled up.
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On the drive-in, Adine stopped the car while Davy invoiced his available cash at sixty-five dollars.
David Lannarck, Midget | George S. HarneyAs 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. WitteA drive-in is also convenient if a customer leaves his car while his battery is being repaired.
The Automobile Storage Battery | O. A. WitteAs 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. WitteThe guy at the drive-in made a positive identification; it's the one he sold Fleming.
Murder in the Gunroom | Henry Beam Piper
British Dictionary definitions for drive-in
denoting a public facility or service designed to be used by patrons seated in their cars: a drive-in bank
mainly US and Canadian a cinema designed to be used in such a manner
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