dinner table
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of dinner table
First recorded in 1800–10
Example Sentences
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“He was picking up his phone and looking at it all the time. I would say, ‘Hey, you know there’s no phones at the dinner table.’
From Slate • May 12, 2026
Beyond the dinner table, mechanical cooling became the backbone of modern medicine, providing the thermal stability required to produce, store and transport temperature-sensitive vaccines and biological agents.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026
A year later, he proposed to me at the dinner table on a family vacation.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2026
The price of oil rarely makes it into dinner table conversation.
From BBC • Mar. 12, 2026
Mrs. Frisby told him, as briefly as she could, of the conversation she had heard at the Fitzgibbons’ dinner table.
From "Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH" by Robert C. O'Brien
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