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dining table

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noun

a table, especially one seating several persons, where meals are served and eaten, especially the major or more formal meals.

Origin of dining table

First recorded in 1585–95

Words nearby dining table

dingus, dingy, dining car, dining hall, dining room, dining table, dinitrobenzene, dinitrogen tetroxide, dinitrophenol, dinitrophenylhydrazine test, dink

Example sentences from the Web for dining table

The farmer set about the trip without delay, and just as Andy and Matt were called to the dining-table he drove out of the yard.

Young Auctioneers |Edward Stratemeyer
He looked vexed and puzzled, and sat drumming with his fingers on the dining-table without uttering a word.

Armadale |Wilkie Collins
The open window showed the dining-table set for something,—was it tea?

Just Sixteen. |Susan Coolidge
Henchard returned to the letters, sorting them over with interest, Farfrae being seated at the other end of the dining-table.

The Mayor of Casterbridge |Thomas Hardy

A dining-table of moderate size, though rather heavy, was more than once displaced by the mere touch of her dress.

Mysterious Psychic Forces |Camille Flammarion