dining roomnoun [ C ]
uk/ˈdaɪ.nɪŋ ˌruːm/us/ˈdaɪ.nɪŋ ˌruːm/A1 a room in which meals are eaten
Examples
- This room has a dual purpose, serving as both a study and a dining room.
- She sat in the dining room, enthroned on an old high-backed chair.
- Breakfast is served in the dining room from 8.30-10.
- He shepherded the old people towards the dining room.
- The walls of the dining hall were panelled in oak.
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Parts of buildings: rooms
- antechamber
- anteroom
- atelier
- atrium
- attic
- ballroom
- conservatory
- eyrie
- family room
- form room
- front room
- garret
- gymnasium
- reading room
- reception room
- refectory
- room
- rumpus room
- snug
- vault
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Examples from literature
- The dining room was dark and quiet.
- The dining room was empty.
- The door of the dining room opened.
- The duke gave her his arm, they went into the dining room.
- This apartment was kitchen, parlor and dining room all in one.