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drive-through

  [drahyv-throo]
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–noun
1. the act of driving through a specified locality or place, esp. driving into a place of business, completing a transaction from one's car, and driving out: a quick drive-through of Beverly Hills; The bank has outside tellers' windows to accept deposits by drive-through.
–adjective
2. designed to accommodate or arranged for a drive-through: a drive-through zoo; a drive-through car wash.
Origin:
1970–75; n., adj. use of v. phrase drive through
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drive-through or drive-thru   (drīv'thrōō')
adj.  

  1. Relating to or conducting exchanges with clients who drive up to a window and remain in their automobiles: drive-thru banking.

  2. drive-through Performed or provided quickly and routinely: a drive-through delivery in a hospital.

n.  

  1. A drive-through establishment, especially a restaurant.

  2. A window at such an establishment, from which business is conducted.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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