dinner table

noun

1. dining table.

Word History and Origins

Origin of dinner table¹

First recorded in 1800–10

Example Sentences

"He gives us a lot to talk about at the dinner table," she said.

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They’d open up their homes, set extra places at the dinner table, and even prepare a meal with the hope that maybe the dead would bless them with health and wholeness through the winter months.

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They also claim to have DNA from the scene, text messages with his roommate and partner, and testimony from his family about statements at the dinner table about Kirk being full of hate.

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Those three words are repeated again and again by parents trying to teach their young sons and daughters good manners, whether it’s at the dinner table, the amusement park or the ice cream shop.

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But deliberative democracy also shapes the way all neighbors or citizens treat each other, whether on the street or at the dinner table.

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Related Words

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