dining hall

noun

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

Examples of dining hall in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web The rare-book library shares an elegant plaza with Yale’s concert hall, the president’s office, the main dining hall, its World War I monument, and the lairs of Book and Snake, and Scroll and Key, two secret societies. Brian T. Allen, National Review, 8 Feb. 2024 Watching this play out was Haskins, who worked at a dining hall. Billy Witz, New York Times, 5 Mar. 2024 Dramatic video footage from the event circulating on social media shows a large wave striking the Army’s dining hall, breaking down doors and knocking people down as water gushes into the building. USA TODAY, 23 Jan. 2024 Monarch Bar Monarch Bar takes center stage in the main dining hall, offering signature cocktails along with local craft beer and wines by the glass and bottle. Heidi Finley, Charlotte Observer, 23 Jan. 2024 At a September event at the University of Chicago, nearly 60 dining hall staff signed up for a lung cancer screening, Yang said. Claretta Bellamy, NBC News, 19 Dec. 2023 Past the village dining hall, kindergarten and culture center, the tidy rows of one-story beige houses came into view. Isabel Kershner Sergey Ponomarev, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2023 Residents often shared meals at a large communal dining hall and celebrated Jewish holidays together. Patrick Kingsley, New York Times, 22 Dec. 2023 Think Eataly or the food court at Herrods in London—essentially an upscale dining hall that is centrally run but with multiple stations serving a variety of foods. Jessica Mathews, Fortune, 17 Nov. 2023

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“Dining hall.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dining%20hall. Accessed 28 Mar. 2024.

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