dining hall

noun

: a large room where meals are served at a school, college, etc.

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On Wednesday, more than 100 students staged a seven-hour sit-in at a dining hall. — Jared Ochacher, CBS News, 8 Oct. 2026 High protein snack ideas for the microwave A microwave unlocks warm options when the dining hall is closed. — Lauren Schuster, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 7 Oct. 2026 The controversy centers on a photo taken in a Stanford dining hall. — ABC News, 24 Sep. 2026 That edited photo, which shows the students — both the fake one and a pair of real ones — smiling and holding up plates of food, was then plastered around campus to promote the university’s dining hall. — Frank Landymore, Futurism, 23 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for dining hall

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“Dining hall.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dining%20hall. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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