dining room
Americannoun
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dining rooms
plural
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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.
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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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Etymology
Origin of dining room
First recorded in 1595–1605
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On March 3, 2020, Sen. Lindsey Graham walked into a private dining room at Charlie Palmer Steak in Washington, D.C.
From Salon ● Oct. 20, 2026
"It just wasn't going to work now," he said, sitting at the dining room table in the home he grew up in.
From BBC ● Oct. 11, 2026
Other highlights include an open, corner living and dining room, walls of windows, a chef’s kitchen, and a main bedroom with a formal dressing area and an en suite bathroom with a soaking tub.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 23, 2026
The well-appointed accommodations included double-occupancy cabins; two long, windowed promenades; a dining room, bar and smoking lounge; a dedicated writing room; toilets and a shower.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
He signals for me to join him in the dining room.
From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold
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