dining room

noun

: a room used for eating meals

Examples of dining room in a Sentence

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More casual options include the aforementioned Terrasse, which is the closest thing to a main dining room on the ship, serving a Mediterranean menu of pastas, pizzas, salads, seafood crudos, and other crowd-pleasers done well. Paul Brady, Travel + Leisure, 15 May 2026 My living room has an open-concept layout, extending to the dining room and kitchen, so a large sofa matches the scale of the space well. Meg Kernahan, Architectural Digest, 15 May 2026 The former brew house equipment area has now been converted into additional seating, adding roughly 40 seats to the dining room. Evan Moore, Charlotte Observer, 15 May 2026 In addition to the main dining room, owner Deneb Williams blew out the front patio area by an additional 1,500 square feet for a total of 7,700 square feet. Camila Pedrosa, Sacbee.com, 15 May 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 16 May. 2026.

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dining room

noun
: a room used for eating meals
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