dining room

noun

: a room used for eating meals

Examples of dining room in a Sentence

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Walnut floors, custom millwork Floor-to-ceiling windows frame the living and dining rooms, according to the listing. — Joe Marusak, Charlotte Observer, 7 Nov. 2026 The dining room and lounge open to a patio overlooking a heated in-ground pool and cabana. — Kaitlyn Keegan, Hartford Courant, 7 Nov. 2026 Their room was only a hundred and forty square feet, but Trombecky thought of the Odyssey’s two restaurants as her dining room and the ship’s library as a living room. — Shayla Love, New Yorker, 6 Nov. 2026 One late-October morning, in a large prep space hidden from view of the dining room, Hope the Mission senior director of food services Jason Moniz sprinkled salt onto oversized peanut butter cookies. — Stephanie Breijo, Los Angeles Times, 6 Nov. 2026 See All Example Sentences for dining room

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1576, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of dining room was circa 1576

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“Dining room.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dining%20room. Accessed 13 Nov. 2026.

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dining room

noun
: a room used for eating meals
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