restaurant car
restaurant car noun: synonym of dining car.
Noun
restaurant car (plural restaurant cars)
- Synonym of dining car.
- One result of this latest increase is the odd situation that a restaurant car dinner costs 6d. more than a Pullman dinner (boat trains excluded).1959 March, “Talking of Trains: Fewer meals on wheels?”, in Trains Illustrated, page 121
- Some unclassed restaurant cars of new interior design, the first of a batch of restaurant and buffet cars being built by the Birmingham Railway Carriage & Wagon Co. Ltd., have been delivered to British Railways. The complete order is for 61 cars, made up of 19 unclassed restaurant cars, four first...1960 March, “Restaurant Cars for British Railways”, in Railway Magazine, page 155
- Synonyms:
- dining car
Examples of restaurant car in a sentence
- Some unclassed restaurant cars of new interior design, the first of a batch of restaurant and buffet cars being built by the Birmingham Railway Carriage & Wagon Co.1960 March, “Restaurant Cars for British Railways”, in Railway Magazine, page 155:
- Yes, Great Western Railway has a handful of restaurant cars on Mon-Fri, but on most services you'll be lucky to get a sandwich.2022 November 30, Barry Doe, “Eurostar award demonstrates value of catering”, in RAIL, number 971, page 71:
Synonyms of restaurant car
Forms of restaurant car
| plural | restaurant cars |
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Questions about restaurant car
- What does restaurant car mean?
- Restaurant car means synonym of dining car.
- How do you use restaurant car in a sentence?
- Some unclassed restaurant cars of new interior design, the first of a batch of restaurant and buffet cars being built by the Birmingham Railway Carriage & Wagon Co.
- What part of speech is restaurant car?
- Restaurant car is a noun.
- What is the plural of restaurant car?
- The plural of restaurant car is restaurant cars.
Words near restaurant car in the dictionary
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