dining room

American  

noun

• dining rooms
  plural

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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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• dining rooms
  plural

Etymology

Origin of dining room

First recorded in 1595–1605

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

dining room

I went to Susie’s house and cried at her dining room table.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026

She also worked with costume designer Jennifer L. Bryan and others to turn the dining room into a swinging 1960s poker lounge reminiscent of a classic James Bond film.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2026

The abode also includes a formal dining room, a dual-island kitchen accompanied by a casual eating area, a living room with floor-to-ceiling windows, an office, and a gym.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 5, 2026

“And these days it should be as fast as taking a photo of the dining room, sending that over to us, and it just populates.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026

The residents started to filter out of the dining room.

From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman