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banquet room

American  

noun

  1. a spacious dining room for accommodating banquets, as in a hotel.


Etymology

Origin of banquet room

First recorded in 1830–40


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As Chloe Lamford’s brilliant two-level set rotates, we—and the characters—travel from the banquet room to the classroom, through intermediate spaces like a bathroom, a kitchen and a supply closet.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 8, 2026

How he saved enough money to buy six storefronts next door and expanded Barragan’s so it grew into a sprawling palace that could seat 300 in its two bars, banquet room and patio.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 21, 2025

This past November, in a large, carpeted banquet room on the University of Wisconsin’s River Falls campus, hundreds of undergraduate, graduate and veterinary students silently considered the lived experience of a Sonoran desert tortoise.

From New York Times ● Apr. 23, 2024

Al Capone used to hold court in a banquet room that looks straight out of Bavaria with original cypress beams and sconces.

From Washington Times ● Apr. 25, 2023

The party, held in the banquet room of President Snow’s mansion, has no equal.

From "Catching Fire" by Suzanne Collins

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