drive-thru window

Motorist's service aperture

A drive-thru window is an opening in the side of a business where customers in vehicles can be served without leaving their cars.

Most commonly found at fast-food restaurants, banks, and pharmacies: She handed her card through the drive-thru window.

The spelling "thru" reflects the informal, commercial origins of the term.

Related

value meal · order · mobile order · pickup · car · lane · microphone · cashier · bags · headset · idling · McDonalds · fries · coffee · payment · queue · convenience · meal

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Opposites
service location/modality

drive-thru windowfront counter

table service · in-store pickup · curbside pickup

customer mobility

drive-thru windowwalk-in

Without prior booking

dining experience type

drive-thru windowfine dining

Elegant restaurant experience

table service · formal dining room · tableside service

Family

drive, thru, through, window, drove, driven, driving, driver, drives

Familiarity
Top 100,000
Profile
Known to kids · Mostly American · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G