dinner table
Americannoun
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Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of dinner table
First recorded in 1800–10
Example Sentences
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For many parents, these few weeks can be a stressful time of the year at the dinner table.
From BBC ● Jul. 21, 2026
I was waiting at a bar for a dinner table and the guy I was chatting with was pretty upset about his tax bill.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 19, 2026
Throughout “7 Paintings,” for instance, an animated Mona Lisa, situated on the wall next to the main dinner table, will provide brief biographical details of each artist represented.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 8, 2026
And he has encouraged staffers to talk to their children about AI at the dinner table.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 19, 2026
So now we all sit there, silent, forks in hand, trapped at the dinner table.
From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman
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