dining room

noun

: a room used for eating meals

Examples of dining room in a Sentence

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The dining room at Laliko is both contemporary and textured: wood cladding along one wall; vaguely medieval-feeling murals on another. Helen Rosner, New Yorker, 27 Apr. 2025 The 12-seat dining room sports a snazzy branch and glass chandelier. Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 25 Apr. 2025 The views in the rooms and the rooftop dining room are also something to write home about while the rooms are modest but clean and comfortable to return to after a busy day on the town. Kaitlyn McInnis, Forbes.com, 25 Apr. 2025 In the private dining room, where Trump watched the attack on the U.S. Capitol play out four years ago on television, the TV showed Fox News footage of his press secretary, Karoline Leavitt, briefing the press. Sam Jacobs, Time, 25 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 1 May. 2025.

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dining room

noun
: a room used for eating meals
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