dining-room
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1.0
- noun
- /ˈdaɪnɪŋ ruːm/
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comedor
- It was late at night; we were sitting at the dining-room table, working.
Examples
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Sam, Jonah, and Victoria are at the dining room table, finishing the dinner that Victoria cooked.
Fiction book (1993) -
We served 381 meals and filled both dining rooms.
Blog text (12) -
And you were supposed to have it all at the dining-room table?
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The dining room, the room Nina sat in now to practice, was the worst.
Fiction book (1990) -
Olive and Homer sit at the dining-room table, the remnants of an apple pie in front of them.
Fiction book (1999) -
And you'll sit down to dinner at this beautiful ten-piece dining-room suite from American Heritage.
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Irving Franklin sat at the head of his dining-room table sipping his after-dinner tea as he listened to his mother-in-law's incessant chatter.
Fiction book (1993) -
The family gathered around the dining-room table to enjoy their evening meal together.
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During the holidays, we often host large gatherings in our dining-room to accommodate all the guests.
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She carefully set the table in the dining-room for the special dinner party that evening.
Synonyms
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3.4
A large room where people in the military eat
20
2.1
A large room in a college where many students eat meals
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1.0
A room in a school or workplace where people can buy and eat lunch
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1.3
A space in a home or restaurant for eating meals
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6.2
A small eating area next to a kitchen for casual meals
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8.9
A large room where people in a college or monastery eat together
A room where people in the military eat meals together
A part of a train where people eat meals while traveling
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Etymology
The word dining-room comes from dine ('to eat'), which is related to dinner, and room ('a space' in a house). So a dining-room is the room where meals are eaten.