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

On an evening in late May the dining room was filled.

From Los Angeles Times • May 23, 2026

There’s also seamless flow between these spaces, such as the kitchen and dining room nearby and the primary bedroom’s access to the backyard.

From MarketWatch • May 21, 2026

It has extra facilities such as a dining room, on-site manager and cleaners.

From BBC • May 21, 2026

In the ruins, Sabbagh picked out bits of his family's shattered life -- a scrap of his mother Afaf's bedspread, chunks of wooden furniture from their dining room, a red sofa cushion.

From Barron's • May 20, 2026

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

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom