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

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