banquet room

noun

: a large room (as in a restaurant or hotel) suitable for banquets

Examples of banquet room in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web The two then enter an empty banquet room before gliding down a dreamy hallway flanked by florals and purple lighting. Jessica Wang, EW.com, 2 Oct. 2023 The vibe One long table in a banquet room at the front of the restaurant. Roxana Popescu, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Oct. 2023 The large banquet room was set up with cots, water and toiletries. Kathy McCormack and Patrick Whittle, Chicago Tribune, 15 July 2023 Soon after, the indictment said, the boxes were hauled to a small bathroom adjacent to a Mar-a-Lago banquet room and piled up nearly to the tiny chandelier next to the toilet. Maggie Haberman, BostonGlobe.com, 10 June 2023 The banquet room is updated with new carpeting, the bar layouts changed to add more flow and that the light fixtures are updated. Cathy Kozlowicz, Journal Sentinel, 31 Mar. 2023 At the end of the night, attendees left the banquet room (which had been glowing with lengthy tables dotted in surplus with candlelight) behind, and hung back in the cocktail lounge area awhile for the after-party. Jamila Stewart, Vogue, 22 Mar. 2023 Since those grassroots beginnings, Horror Film Roulette has graduated from a bar to a hotel banquet room to theater screenings. Julie Hinds, Detroit Free Press, 21 Oct. 2022 Poster-sized photos of a broadly smiling Justin were displayed around the large high-ceilinged banquet room Thursday's events. Bill Laitner, Detroit Free Press, 10 Dec. 2021

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Word History

First Known Use

1717, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of banquet room was in 1717

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“Banquet room.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/banquet%20room. Accessed 26 Apr. 2024.

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