dining hall

noun

: a large room where meals are served at a school, college, etc.

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Their village in Cortina d’Ampezzo has a fitness center, recreational space, lounge, dining hall, prayer room and massage rooms — all of which were designed to foster interaction and cultural exchanges among the 1,400 residents from more than six dozen countries who will spend the Games there. Los Angeles Times, 10 Feb. 2026 The most popular spot for athletes to hang out is the dining hall, which, like the fitness center, is open 24 hours a day. Brittany Ghiroli, New York Times, 7 Feb. 2026 The walk from the dock to the dining hall to my villa took me along forest paths with purple flowers and a soundtrack of birdsong. John Bowe, Travel + Leisure, 1 Feb. 2026 And in the dining hall, the Trotskyites, like Kristol and Nathan Glazer, ate in Alcove 1, a little part of the dining hall, and the Stalinists ate in Alcove 2. David Frum, The Atlantic, 28 Jan. 2026 See All Example Sentences for dining hall

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