dining room

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.

dining room

noun

1. a room where meals are eaten

Word History and Origins

Origin of dining room¹

First recorded in 1595–1605

Example Sentences

Back when we were squished inside dining rooms and people complained about noise and bar-stool hogs, I resented TVs in restaurants, considering them a distraction to food, service and conversation.

From Washington Post

The outdoor dining rooms have become a popular lifeline for restaurants at a time when indoor dining is severely restricted and offers increased risk of exposure to the virus.

From Washington Post

At the same time, a teenaged girl sits upright in a dining room chair with a curved metal back and a thin pillow.

From Essence.com

With more of us able to work from home now, it’s time to retire the uncomfortable dining room table chair you’ve repurposed for your home office.

From Popular-Science

In the dining room dolls sat around a table of rotting food, their stuffing pouring out of their eye sockets.

From Washington Post

Marvin and I leave the poolside and go into his dining room.

From The Daily Beast

The resources were what you might expect: Dining room, a media center, a library, a TV room, a meeting room, a computer room.

From The Daily Beast

This bungalow has two levels, a screening room, a dining room, many offices, an art department, and cutting rooms.

From The Daily Beast

In my house at Königswinter, workmen had been painting the dining-room walls when the news of the first barricades came through.

From The Daily Beast

Every person sitting at their dining-room table is a complete stranger.

From The Daily Beast

Each evening Mr. Levi was in attendance, and this day, according to rule, she went down to the grand old dining-room.

From Project Gutenberg

The dining room was for the souls of the locals, who could admire the desert more conveniently than find a good meal.

From Project Gutenberg

As they left the room to go upstairs Lady Hartledon came out of the dining-room and crossed their path.

From Project Gutenberg

Jorgensen's gambling room was different from the bar and dining room as they were from each other.

From Project Gutenberg

He gave his mother several groups in stone for the dining-room; they are all funny, Sue says.

From Project Gutenberg