A restaurant where patrons remain in their vehicles and order food and beverages via a speaker phone; their meal is brought to their vehicle by a waitress
The teen-agers went down to the drive-in to order some hamburgers and fries.
A business where movies are projected onto a huge outdoor screen, and patrons remain in their vehicles, listening either by a speaker or a designated radio frequency
A drive-in is a restaurant, cinema, or other commercial place which is specially designed so that customers can use the services provided while staying in their cars. fast food drive-ins. Drive-in is also an adjective. a drive-in movie theater