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din·ing car

(dī′nĭng)
n.
A railroad car in which meals are served.
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dining car

n
(Railways) a railway coach in which meals are served at tables. Also called: restaurant car
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din′ing car`


n.
a railroad car equipped for serving meals.
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.dining car - a passenger car where food is served in transitdining car - a passenger car where food is served in transit
carriage, passenger car, coach - a railcar where passengers ride
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Translations
jídelní vůz
spisevogn
ravintolavaunu
vagon restoran
ビュッフェ車食堂車
식당차
buffévagnrestaurangvagn
ตู้เสบียงบนรถไฟรถมีอาหารที่ลูกค้าบริการตัวเอง
toa ăn trên tàutoa bán thức ăn

dining car

[ˈdaɪnɪŋˌkɑːʳ] ncarrozza or vagone m ristorante inv
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

dining car

عَرَبَةُ الَأكْلِ بالقِطَار, عَرَبَة المَقْصَف jídelní vůz spisevogn Speisewagen βαγόνι-εστιατόριο, καροτσάκι για μπουφέ vagón restaurante ravintolavaunu wagon-restaurant vagon restoran vagone ristorante ビュッフェ車, 食堂車 식당차 restauratiewagen spisevogn wagon restauracyjny vagão-restaurante вагон-ресторан buffévagn, restaurangvagn ตู้เสบียงบนรถไฟ, รถมีอาหารที่ลูกค้าบริการตัวเอง yemek vagonu, yemekli vagon toa ăn trên tàu, toa bán thức ăn 餐车
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This later became the only means of a mobile meal service, when dining cars were abolished.
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Through truly stunning photographic images, "Lost Railway Journeys from Around the World" evokes the romance and drama of these journeys, taking the reader as close as they can possibly get to this lost world of dining cars, sleeping cars, station porters and international rail travel.
The Canadian Pacific Railway hotels and dining cars offered such dishes as Hors d'Oeuvres, Soups, Fish, Specials to Order, Entrees, Roasts, Cold Dishes, Vegetables, and Sweets.
Rail travel is to get posher in Ireland next year with the launch of Belmond - formerly the Orient Express - Grand Hibernian train, with 20 en suite carriages, two dining cars and an observation carriage.
The Express d'Orient, as it was then called, offered people all the best possible comforts, with dining cars where your every need was attended to by white-jacketed staff.