dining room

noun

: a room used for eating meals

Examples of dining room in a Sentence

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The formal dining room on the other side of the kitchen features a tray ceiling and more shadow boxing on the lower walls. James Alexander, Hartford Courant, 5 Apr. 2026 This dining room once doubled as a meeting place for one of the city's most powerful crime families. Kennedy Cook, CBS News, 5 Apr. 2026 Again and the private dining room Lee’s, both designed by his firm 31 Arch. Wendy Goodman, Curbed, 4 Apr. 2026 The president has been working in the Oval Office, or adjacent Oval dining room, since this morning, receiving frequent briefings on the ongoing search and rescue operation in Iran, the official said. Max Burman, NBC news, 3 Apr. 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 6 Apr. 2026.

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dining room

noun
: a room used for eating meals
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