dining table

noun

1. a table, especially one seating several persons, where meals are served and eaten, especially the major or more formal meals.

Word History and Origins

Origin of dining table¹

First recorded in 1585–95

Example Sentences

They’re picturing the holidays: the turkey, the guests, and the all-important dining table.

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“Friends, Romans, countrymen,” Beowulf shouted from atop the faculty dining table.

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Or the yellow Formica kitchen, with its Pyrex hot plate, wall-mounted radio, original Eames barstools and drop-leaf dining table still intact — all charming throwbacks to a simpler time.

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“We are shipping, distributing, manufacturing,” Arcement, who runs a small transportation consulting firm, said one Saturday at the dining table of his home near the Jersey shore.

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His dining table and buffet have been commandeered by Lego sets built by him and three of his children, as has his office.

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Related Words

• bar 
• bench 
• board 
• buffet 
• counter 
• desk 
• dinner table 
• stand