dining room

American  

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.

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dining room British  

noun

1. a room where meals are eaten

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Etymology

Origin of dining room

First recorded in 1595–1605

Example Sentences

The Georgian-style, brick and stone home offers an array of gorgeous details, like glossy wood and stone floors, red lacquer walls in the formal dining room, and numerous fireplaces.

From MarketWatch

The FAI found that the head cook or her assistant would prepare individual meals, before they were taken to the dining room along with a copy of the handwritten menu.

From BBC

At lunchtime on a recent weekday, businesspeople in suits sat at white-tablecloth tables in the main dining room, where the walls are wrapped in cherry-wood wainscoting and heavy blue curtains frame the windows.

From The Wall Street Journal

According to the listing, plans for an extension to the primary residence have also been drawn up, which would add “two more bedrooms, plus a formal dining room, sunroom, and a large screened-in porch.”

From MarketWatch

Cold as we walked back to the Beje, cold as I washed for supper, cold even in the snug gas-lit dining room.

From Literature