Usually means: Outdoor cinema viewed from cars.
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We found 23 dictionaries that define the word drive-in:

General (20 matching dictionaries)
  1. drive-in: Merriam-Webster
  2. drive-in: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. drive-in: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. drive-in, drive-in: Collins English Dictionary
  5. drive-in: Vocabulary.com
  6. Drive-In, Drive-in, drive-in: Wordnik
  7. drive-in: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. drive-in: Wiktionary
  9. drive-in: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. drive-in: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. drive-in: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. drive-in: Dictionary.com
  13. drive-in: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  14. Drive-In, Drive-in: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  15. drive-in: Rhymezone
  16. drive-in: FreeDictionary.org
  17. drive-in: Mnemonic Dictionary
  18. drive-in: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Travel Industry Dictionary (No longer online)

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. drive-in: Encyclopedia

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. drive-in: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See drive-ins as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
adjective:  (US, of an establishment) Providing service to patrons who remain in their automobiles and partake while parked.
adjective:  (Philippines) motel; motor inn
noun:  (US, Canada, Australia) An outdoor cinema where movies are projected onto a large screen and patrons watch from inside their vehicles, listening either by a speaker or a designated radio frequency.
noun:  (US, Canada) A restaurant where patrons remain in their vehicles to consume their meals; the meal may be ordered and delivered to one's vehicle by a carhop waiter; or may require patrons to use a service counter. The cars in the parking lot serve as the patrons' dining room, there being a lack of dining rooms and tables.
noun:  (US, Canada) A drive-through restaurant where patrons remain in their vehicles and order food and beverages via a speaker phone; the meal is delivered by a service window accessible by car.

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