dining hall

noun

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

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Once upon a time, cruise food was synonymous with piles of buffet fare and rigid dining schedules that felt more like a college campus dining hall, where quantity often overshadowed quality. Noel Burgess, Forbes.com, 27 May 2025 The special dining hall is attached to a freshman dorm, and not every Chick-fil-A menu item is offered, per Mashed. Ingrid Vasquez, People.com, 23 May 2025 Once inside the dining hall, Middleton paid for the soldiers’ drinks and was even spotted sipping a half-pint of Guinness — the unit’s go-to drink — herself, People reported. Ryan Brennan, Miami Herald, 18 Mar. 2025 Chandler began to resemble a proper community after those landowners came to town, but still had only three wooden buildings: a townsite office, a dining hall and the Morrison Grocery store. Sam Kmack, The Arizona Republic, 19 Dec. 2024 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 17 Jun. 2025.

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