dining room

American  

noun

1. a room in which meals are eaten, as in a home or hotel, especially the room in which the major or more formal meals are eaten.

2. Informal. the furniture usually used in a dining room and sometimes sold as a matching set, as a dining table, chairs, and sideboard; dining room suite.

   a sale on dining rooms.

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dining room British  

noun

1. a room where meals are eaten

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Etymology

Origin of dining room

First recorded in 1595–1605

Example Sentences

For more upscale dining, there is a beautiful formal dining room that features a large table, patterned floral wallpaper, and a unique spiked chandelier that hands at the center of the space.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 4, 2026

In the ruins, Sabbagh picked out bits of his family's shattered life -- a scrap of his mother Afaf's bedspread, chunks of wooden furniture from their dining room, a red sofa cushion.

From Barron's • May 20, 2026

His most recent L.A. show, “The Door Is Always Open” in 2013, turned the Skirball Cultural Center into a living and dining room inspired by his childhood home.

From Los Angeles Times • May 12, 2026

The video showed images of lavish houses, including what was alleged to be an interior project for Yermak’s house, which showed a dining room and a wine cellar.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 12, 2026

I left Katrien in the dining room, wheeled my bicycle down the stairs, and bumped as fast as I could the mile and a half to Nollie’s.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom