dining room

American  

noun

• dining rooms
  plural

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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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• dining rooms
  plural

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Etymology

Origin of dining room

First recorded in 1595–1605

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Example Sentences

See Examples For:

dining room

The dining room skews kitschy, with carpeting and a ceiling of unassuming office-style panels.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 25, 2026

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

For most meals, I joined the nurses in their own dining room.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom

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