- a room where meals are eaten
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
din′ing room′,
- a room in which meals are eaten, as in a home or hotel, esp. the room in which the major or more formal meals are eaten.
- Furniture[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. - 1595–1605
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dining room n
'dining room' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
cum
- dinette
- mess hall
- reception room
- room
- sideboard
- triclinium
- banquet room
- busboy
- butler's pantry
- carvery
- cenacle
- centerpiece
- commissary
- common
- congregate housing
- DR
- grillroom
- messroom
- oecus
- ordinary
- pantry
- vacuum
- salle à manger
- sit
- special-order