dining room

American  

noun

dining rooms plural

1. a room in which meals are eaten, as in a home or hotel, especially the room in which the major or more formal meals are eaten.

2. Informal. the furniture usually used in a dining room and sometimes sold as a matching set, as a dining table, chairs, and sideboard; dining room suite.

   a sale on dining rooms.

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dining room British  

noun

1. a room where meals are eaten

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• dining rooms
  plural

Etymology

Origin of dining room

First recorded in 1595–1605

Example Sentences

Julio Miranda-Martin fills the bookshelf in his dining room with books and treasures.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 26, 2026

The wine cellar was placed directly below the dining room, sending bottles upward as needed by concealed dumbwaiters.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 19, 2026

Chef Ann Ahmed’s Lao restaurant is bright and airy, filled with greenery and anchored by a sprawling patio that feels like a natural extension of the dining room.

From Salon • Jun. 11, 2026

For more upscale dining, there is a beautiful formal dining room that features a large table, patterned floral wallpaper, and a unique spiked chandelier that hands at the center of the space.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 4, 2026

For most meals, I joined the nurses in their own dining room.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom