dining table

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

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First recorded in 1585–95

The farmer set about the trip without delay, and just as Andy and Matt were called to the dining-table he drove out of the yard.
Young Auctioneers|Edward Stratemeyer
He looked vexed and puzzled, and sat drumming with his fingers on the dining-table without uttering a word.
Armadale|Wilkie Collins
The open window showed the dining-table set for something,—was it tea?
Just Sixteen.|Susan Coolidge
Henchard returned to the letters, sorting them over with interest, Farfrae being seated at the other end of the dining-table.
The Mayor of Casterbridge|Thomas Hardy

A dining-table of moderate size, though rather heavy, was more than once displaced by the mere touch of her dress.
Mysterious Psychic Forces|Camille Flammarion