dining table

American

noun

a table, especially one seating several persons, where meals are served and eaten, especially the major or more formal meals.

First recorded in 1585–95

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Back at El-Sayed’s house the next day, with the convention behind him, we sat at his dining table.

From Slate • Apr. 29, 2026

“The beauty and uniqueness of that first dining table really confirmed this new direction for us,” he says.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 8, 2026

The room floods into the dining area, which boasts a large wooden dining table that sits up to 15 people.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 12, 2026

One shows him posing and seated next to Clinton at a dining table.

From BBC • Dec. 19, 2025

For example, the same oilcloth has covered the dining table ever since we’ve been here.

From "The Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank

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