restaurant car
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.61 in modern English
15
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Synonym of dining car.
Example Sentences
- "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)."
- "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 class restaurant cars, and 38 combined dining and buffet cars."
- "TfW's [Transport for Wales] Mk 4s [Mk 4 coaches] are due to operate three pairs of workings between Holyhead and Cardiff, with First Class passengers offered complimentary breakfast, lunch or dinner cooked in the restaurant car."
- "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."