drive-through

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1. not comparableOf an establishment, providing service to occupants of automobiles while they are in their still-running vehicle, especially when the vehicle does not park in a parking space and the goods received are not consumed until the vehicle vacates the lane.

   I switched banks so that I could use a drive-through branch near my home.

2. not comparableOf a feature of such an establishment (especially a window), adapted to provide such service.

   The restaurant’s drive-through window had a turntable of bulletproof glass designed to allow transactions while preventing robberies.

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1. An establishment, especially a restaurant, providing drive-through service.

   Since I was pressed for time, I picked up burgers at a drive-through on the way home.

2. The window of such an establishment adapted for such purpose.

   “Please pull forward and pay at the drive-through,” said the attendant upon taking my order.