dining room

noun

: a room used for eating meals

Examples of dining room in a Sentence

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Jojo’s bear will be made into a standing full-body mount and placed with other taxidermy in the family dining room. Natalie Krebs, Outdoor Life, 7 Nov. 2024 The pasta maker, in full sight of the dining room, is a cousin of the family of owners. Ann Abel, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024 The music of jazz trumpeter Enrico Rava washes over the dining room as solicitous waiters recite the evening’s specials, their delivery unaffected by the thud of bombs falling on a neighborhood nearby. Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 4 Nov. 2024 The full dinner menu also is available in the dining room. Elaine Rewolinski, Journal Sentinel, 4 Nov. 2024 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 24 Nov. 2024.

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dining room

noun
: a room used for eating meals

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