drive-in

1. 1.

   any installation designed to accommodate patrons in their automobiles

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Questions about drive-in

What does drive-in mean?

drive-in means "any installation designed to accommodate patrons in their automobiles".

How many syllables are in drive-in?

drive-in has 2 syllables and divides as dri-ve-in under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

Is drive-in a common word?

drive-in is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.