"restaurant car" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: restaurant cars [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} restaurant car (plural restaurant cars)
  1. (rail transport) A dining car. Categories (topical): Rail transportation Related terms: buffet car, refreshment car
    Sense id: en-restaurant_car-en-noun-KoEWjHe5 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Topics: rail-transport, railways, transport

Inflected forms

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