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dining room set

dining room set

2 2.1
A matching table with chairs used for eating in a dining room
  • noun
  • /ˈdaɪnɪŋ ruːm sɛt/
  • US
translation icon : juego de comedor
  • Wall-to-wall carpeting with matching drapes, and a big, fluffy white couch, nice dining room set, and in the corner... a fountain.

Examples

  • In walks the fourth dining room set...

    Blog text (3)

  • Today I had a chance to get a glimpse of your new dining room set.

    The Shop Around the Corner (1940)

  • I can work you out a great deal on the television, the sofa, dining room set.

    Scarfies (1999)

  • She'd had her eye on a dining room set once, and she never even got to have that.

    Fiction book (2000)

  • lt's the dining room set.

    Our Very Own (2005)

  • We carried the dining room set down to the basement and moved her loom into the empty space.

    Fiction book (1990)

  • Not in a ha-ha sort of way, but in a crazy lady who replaces her dining room set with ridiculous frequency sort of way.

    Blog text (3)

  • Maxine's basement had been converted into an apartment and was furnished with an L-shaped couch, coffee table, and a dining room set.

    Fiction book (2002)

  • I longed for a new dining room set for a year or so and finally held a yard sale and sold some things on eBay, so I could afford one.

    Blog text (3)

  • The elegant dining room set includes a large table and six matching chairs.

Synonyms

dining-room set
vsdining room set
2.3

A set of matching furniture for a dining room, usually a table and chairs

is the unhyphenated general form for the same furniture group
dining room suite
vsdining room set
  • UK
3.1

A set of matching furniture for a dining room, usually a table and chairs

focuses only on table and chairs without extra furniture
dining-room suite
vsdining room set
4.3

A set of matching furniture for a dining room, usually a table and chairs

keeps to just the table and chairs without added storage pieces

How Complete

dining room set
  • US
2 2.1
dining table
12 1.0

Surface Forms

dining room set singular
dining room sets plural

Morphology

dining + room + set

The meaning 'a matching set of furniture for the dining room' is directly and compositionally derived from the constituents: 'dining' (relating to eating), 'room' (an indoor space) and 'set' (a group of related items). This straightforward noun-noun-noun combination follows common English compounding patterns and is cross-linguistically transparent, so a B1 learner who knows the parts will readily infer the meaning.

Etymology

Dining room set gives a simple picture: dining room is the room where you eat and a set is a group of things made to 'go together'. So it means a group of matching furniture for the dining room.