dining area
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1.3
- noun
- /ˈdaɪnɪŋ ˈɛəriə/
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- The family gathers every evening in the dining area to share stories over dinner.
- kitchen and dining area
But but anyways, it sounds like you guys all meet in the kitchen or the dining area.
- But but anyways, it sounds like you guys all meet in the kitchen or the dining area.
Examples
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We have our own private outdoor hot tub, another bar, an outdoor dining area, and another outdoor seating area.
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Priscilla was able to seat us at a corner table in the dining area.
Fiction book (1992) -
So we have a dining area here, living area, nice open plan.
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This is the dining area.
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Please, go into the dining area.
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As well as being a kitchen, it was also a dining area and sitting room.
Fiction book (2001) -
One room of the apartment was a kitchen and dining area; the second was a living and sleeping space.
Fiction book (2002) -
Normally, no one came into the dining area during a meal.
Fiction book (1993) -
And then over here is the dining area, which has lots of seating around it.
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Recently introduced is an intimate cellar dining area for candlelight dinners and wine tastings.
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Synonyms
218
1.0
A place where people serve themselves from a counter and pay before they eat
201
1.0
A room in a house where people eat meals together
20
2.1
A large room in a college where many students eat meals
18
1.0
A room in a school or workplace where people can buy and eat lunch
4
6.2
A small eating area next to a kitchen for casual meals
4
3.0
A small space near the kitchen with a table or seat where people eat breakfast
2
8.9
A large room where people in a college or monastery eat together
1
1.0
A small space near the kitchen for eating breakfast
A room where people in the military eat meals together
A part of a train where people eat meals while traveling
How Big
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a part of a room or space for eating meals' is directly and transparently derivable from combining 'dining' (the act of eating) with 'area' (a part or region of a place). This simple compositional noun phrase follows a common cross-linguistic pattern, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily infer the MWE's meaning.
Etymology
Dining area comes from the word dining, which means 'to eat', and area, which means a space or part of a room. Picture a corner with a table and chairs kept just for meals, so the phrase means a space set aside for eating.