dining table

American  

noun

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

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Etymology

Origin of dining table

First recorded in 1585–95

Example Sentences

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

From BBC

"We're not long-term puzzlers, but somehow a jigsaw puzzle was on the end of the dining table in the family house last Christmas," she explained.

From BBC

The simple set, by the collective dots, features a purple-lacquered dining table and chairs with cabriole legs; flowers in sconces; and soft green walls.

From The Wall Street Journal

Meals were often outside at a white dining table.

From The Wall Street Journal

Dressed in jeans, a T-shirt and a white ballcap emblazoned with the Texas flag, he grins as he leans over a small dining table.

From Los Angeles Times

Related Words

• bar
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