dining tablenoun [ C ]
uk/ˈdaɪ.nɪŋ ˌteɪ.bəl/us/ˈdaɪ.nɪŋ ˌteɪ.bəl/a table at which meals are eaten
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the dinner table
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Tables & desks
- bedside table
- bench
- benchtop
- bureau
- card table
- coffee table
- desk
- desktop
- dressing table
- drop-leaf table
- high table
- kitchen counter
- leaf
- lectern
- table
- trestle
- trestle table
- vanity
- washstand
- work surface
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Examples from literature
- As for the dining table, it was dark, old-fashioned walnut, as were the chairs.
- It was nine o'clock, and the maids had cleared the dining table.
- The dining table, big enough for two ships' crews to eat at, is an example of the latter.
- The father was leaning far backwards on an ordinary chair, with his outstretched right arm resting on the dining table.
- The two girls sat at the big dining table, and sipped their chocolate, and laughed and talked, and I had the skeleton of a whole turkey on a newspaper that Susan spread on the carpet.