dining room

noun

: a room used for eating meals

Examples of dining room in a Sentence

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Spring Café Head to the vegan comfort food café and its bright, airy dining room for breakfast or lunch. Elise Taylor, Vogue, 10 Jan. 2025 In the dining room, which features ample seating below windows, and surrounding a Nickey Kehoe table, Pinch pendant lights were designed to raise up, should the hosts want to stash the table for a larger party. David Foxley, Architectural Digest, 10 Jan. 2025 The staff had just arrived in the dining room, which was not open yet. Francine Kiefer, The Christian Science Monitor, 9 Jan. 2025 These new spaces could blend traditional elements — communal dining rooms, entertainment venues and plenty of unstructured spaces for kids to explore — with modern amenities like co-working spaces for parents who can’t fully disconnect and teen lounges that thoughtfully integrate technology. Sara Fredman Aeder, Sun Sentinel, 8 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for dining room 

Word History

First Known Use

1601, in the meaning defined above

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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 15 Jan. 2025.

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dining room

noun
: a room used for eating meals

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