dinette
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6.2
- noun
- /dɪˈnɛt/
- US
:
comedor
- The cozy dinette in the corner of the kitchen is perfect for casual meals.
- dinette table
- dinette set
- dinette chair
This entire thing converts to a dinette slash desk where about four to five people can sit around it comfortably.
- This entire thing converts to a dinette slash desk where about four to five people can sit around it comfortably.
Examples
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The Colonel sits at a dinette reading The Wall Street Journal.
Fiction book (1999) -
When they were all ready, we ate our eggs at the dinette table, then walked to church.
Fiction book (1994) -
Off the hall were a small kitchen, a dinette, and a bathroom.
Fiction book (2000) -
"We were facing each other across the plastic dinette table."
Fiction book (2000) -
"What's it say?" He tapped the paper against the dinette table twice.
Fiction book (1994) -
Hanner is resting on a dinette chair in the kitchen.
Fiction book (1990) -
To her surprise, sitting across the dinette table from Geneva, Micky began to weep.
Fiction book (2002) -
Saturday morning, I was sitting at the dinette table with my brothers, eating a bowl of oatmeal, when we heard a clamor on our front porch.
Fiction book (1997) -
My mother had hated the trailer, with its cramped interior and its flimsy dinette that folded into a narrow double bed.
Fiction book (1991) -
On one side of the small, shabby space was a seating area consisting of a Formica dinette table surrounded by a cracked imitation-leather banquette; directly opposite was a matching couch.
Fiction book (2001)
Synonyms
10
1.3
A space in a home or restaurant for eating meals
4
3.0
A small space near the kitchen with a table or seat where people eat breakfast
1
1.0
A small space near the kitchen for eating breakfast
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Etymology
The word dinette comes from the English word dine ('to eat dinner') and the French ending -ette ('small'). So, a dinette is a small place to eat, often next to the kitchen.