dining room

noun

: a room used for eating meals

Examples of dining room in a Sentence

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On the right, a long bar with its own burgundy leather stools with backs looks out on the dining room. Susan Stapleton, USA TODAY, 3 Feb. 2025 So the book is, one book is backstage photography that shows really the back of the kitchen and the dining room. Bon Appétit, 3 Feb. 2025 His sister, Oriana, manages the front-of-house, and two grandchildren wait tables in the reflection of the dining room’s angled mirrors and dark wood bar. Benjy Egel, Sacramento Bee, 2 Feb. 2025 The Ranch Hudson Valley has been preserved and refurbished with elegant living and dining rooms, a state-of-the-art gym inside the former ballroom, and a 5,000-square-foot Solarium, complete with indoor and outdoor pools and hot and cold plunges. Devorah Lev-Tov, AFAR Media, 31 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 7 Feb. 2025.

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dining room

noun
: a room used for eating meals

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