dining room
Americannoun
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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.
noun
Etymology
Origin of dining room
First recorded in 1595–1605
Example Sentences
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I find him at the dining room table, too upset to field my request for the instruction booklet.
From Slate • May 10, 2026
She was due to receive her second vaccination but two attempts to do so in the building's dining room earlier that day had not gone ahead.
From BBC • Apr. 27, 2026
And segments of a dining room table that belonged to embassy housing in Nigeria or El Salvador that the movers accidentally packed.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 22, 2026
The color story flows through the house: The powder room is purple, the entry hall red and the dining room walls pink, with one wall in a bold 1970s-style mushroom-pattern wallpaper from Londubh Studio.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 21, 2026
Mom and Dad are standing with their arms around each other while Camille, Andre, and I sit at the dining room table.
From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller
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