dining room

noun
1.
a room in which meals are eaten, as in a home or hotel, especially the room in which the major or more formal meals are eaten.
2.
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.

Origin:
1595–1605

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dining room
 
n
a room where meals are eaten

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Dining room is always a great word to know.
So is ninnyhammer. Does it mean:
a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc.
a fool or simpleton; ninny.
Example sentences
We double back to the hotel, where dinner in the intimate, candlelit dining
  room nicely ends this travel day.
It is shown below in a tasteful holiday setting in our dining room.
Traditional settings allow diners to eat on small floor cushions in a simply
  decorated dining room.
With white satin pageant sashes, they stood at the edge of the dining room,
  more tentative than triumphant.
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