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dining table

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noun

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

Etymology

Origin of dining table

First recorded in 1585–95

Example Sentences

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Back at El-Sayed’s house the next day, with the convention behind him, we sat at his dining table.

From Slate • Apr. 29, 2026

We had five bedrooms and baths, a 40-foot living room, a Steinway grand, a huge dining table and a trampoline out back.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 10, 2026

The room floods into the dining area, which boasts a large wooden dining table that sits up to 15 people.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 12, 2026

One shows him posing and seated next to Clinton at a dining table.

From BBC • Dec. 19, 2025

My mind continued to spin as Sir Fig Newton plopped onto the dining table next to my empty breakfast bowl.

From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas

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