dining room

noun

: a room used for eating meals

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The luxury e-commerce retailer Net-a-Porter, Cultured magazine and the fashion label Proenza Schouler have also hosted dinner parties and events at Raf’s, where waiters nimbly zigzag among the dining room’s snug 11 tables. Laura Neilson, New York Times, 14 Apr. 2025 Most of the damage appeared to be contained to the south end of the mansion in the piano room and dining room. Jennifer Borresen, USA Today, 14 Apr. 2025 While bedding down in her SUV on so many nights because the vehicle felt safer than any available alternatives, the kids designated the front seat of the SUV their dining room and the middle row of seats the living room. Jeff Hobbs, Time, 10 Apr. 2025 La Dong, a Vietnamese restaurant off Union Square popular on social media for its dramatic dining room and tableside pours of pho, is also included. Melissa Kravitz Hoeffner, Forbes.com, 9 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for dining room

Word History

First Known Use

1601, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of dining room was in 1601

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“Dining room.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dining%20room. Accessed 21 Apr. 2025.

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dining room

noun
: a room used for eating meals
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