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drive-through

service that motorists can use from their vehicle, without parking
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drive-through

Summary

drive-through ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,104 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • drive-through is a type of facility[2].
  • drive-through is part of fast food restaurant[3].
  • drive-through is part of bank building[4].
  • drive-through is part of wedding chapel[5].
  • drive-through's Commons category is recorded as Drive-throughs[6].
  • drive-through comprises lane[7].
  • drive-through comprises loudspeaker[8].
  • drive-through comprises microphone[9].
  • drive-through comprises window[10].
  • drive-through comprises signage[11].
  • drive-through comprises automated teller machine[12].
  • drive-through comprises pneumatic tube[13].
  • drive-through's used by is recorded as vehicle operator[14].
  • drive-through's different from is recorded as drive-in[15].

Body

Definition and Type

drive-through is a type of facility[2].

Use and Application

Components include lane[7], loudspeaker[8], microphone[9], window[10], signage[11], and automated teller machine[12]. Part of include fast food restaurant[3], bank building[4], and wedding chapel[5]. drive-through's used by is recorded as vehicle operator[14].

Why It Matters

drive-through ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,104 views/month).[1] drive-through has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[16] drive-through is known by 11 alternative names across languages and contexts.[17]

Related Entities

microphone

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [16] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [17] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_drive-through_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{drive-through}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/drive-through}, note = {Accessed: 2026-04-10}}
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  1. 3d ago · Lucidieaux · 2026-08-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Used by → vehicle operator
    Part of → —
    Has parts → —
    Part of → fast food restaurant, bank building, wedding chapel
    + 7 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/48942|batch #48942]]: Add OSM wiki item IDs to items with matching OSM keys"
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