drive-through
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English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- drive-thru (US)
Etymology
[edit]Adjective
[edit]drive-through (not comparable)
- Of an establishment, providing service to occupants of automobiles while they are in their still-running vehicle, especially when the vehicle does not park in a parking space and the goods received are not consumed until the vehicle vacates the lane.
- Coordinate term: drive-in (adj)
- I switched banks so that I could use a drive-through branch near my home.
- Of a feature of such an establishment (especially a window), adapted to provide such service.
- The restaurant’s drive-through window had a turntable of bulletproof glass designed to allow transactions while preventing robberies.
Derived terms
[edit]Noun
[edit]drive-through (plural drive-throughs)
- An establishment, especially a restaurant, providing drive-through service.
- Coordinate term: drive-in (noun)
- Since I was pressed for time, I picked up burgers at a drive-through on the way home.
- The window of such an establishment adapted for such purpose.
- “Please pull forward and pay at the drive-through,” said the attendant upon taking my order.
Derived terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]establishment providing drive-through service
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