dining hall

noun

1. a large room in which meals are served to members of a special group and their guests, as to the students and faculty of a college.

Word History and Origins

Origin of dining hall¹

First recorded in 1660–70

Example Sentences

With my phone constantly itching in my pocket, begging to be used, it accompanies me throughout the day: during morning showers for music, afternoon walks to the dining hall, and nighttime wind-downs.

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“So all the creaking door of Alex’s house is from the dining hall at my old camp,” Martin said.

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Yet when I sit across from the 21-year-old singer at a dining hall on Olvera Street, she exudes a commanding diva spirit that is all her own.

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Ukraine's justice ministry said four bombs hit the Bilenke penitentiary, destroying the dining hall, administrative HQ and quarantine area and that all those killed and wounded were inmates.

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All that’s left of the main part of the building is a six metre long wall of the Chapel and dining hall.

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