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noun a room in which meals are eaten, as in a home or hotel, especially the room in which the major or more formal meals are eaten.
Informal . the furniture usually used in a dining room and sometimes sold as a matching set, as a dining table, chairs, and sideboard; dining room suite: a sale on dining rooms.
Origin of dining room First recorded in 1595–1605
Words nearby dining room dingo, dingus, dingy, dining car, dining hall, dining room , dining table, dinitrobenzene, dinitrogen tetroxide, dinitrophenol, dinitrophenylhydrazine test
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Example sentences from the Web for dining room In my house at Königswinter, workmen had been painting the dining-room walls when the news of the first barricades came through.
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Every person sitting at their dining-room table is a complete stranger.
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“Aye ready;” and arm-in-arm we raced into the dining-room, scandalizing the servants.
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Their first dining-room table was a fold-down ironing board in the kitchen.
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Then he must go back to the dining-room or the china closet and take the cook with him.
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The luncheon bell rang, and they all adjourned to the dining-room.
The Heir of Redclyffe | Charlotte M. Yonge
The door of the dining-room is faced with looking-glass, so that it may reflect the contents of the conservatory.
A Week's Tramp in Dickens-Land | William R. Hughes
He was looking from his window at a flock of pigeons on the roof of the dining-room.
Painted Veils | James Huneker
"Please see whether I have left my pocket-handkerchief in the dining-room, Mr. Coventry," said Grace, demurely.
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When the dining-room door was shut, St. George raised his hand, and said, "Hush!"
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British Dictionary definitions for dining room noun a room where meals are eaten
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Words related to dining room dinette, salle a manger