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

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dining room

The restaurant’s seasonally shifting dishes are served in a convivial dining room with a lively atmosphere.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 9, 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

Noma’s dining room reopens in Copenhagen on Aug. 5 under new leadership.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026

Two days after her death, Phillips bought a chest freezer from AO.com, placing it in the dining room of the semi-detached home.

From BBC ● Aug. 3, 2026

He stood up and poked his head around the corner of the dining room.

From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman