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Definition of Dining table
1. Noun. A table at which meals are served. "A feast was spread upon the board"
Specialized synonyms: Dining-room Table, Dinner Table, High Table, Refectory Table, Triclinium
Generic synonyms: Table
Derivative terms: Board, Board, Board
Definition of Dining table
1. Noun. A table, usually in a dining room, on which meals are served. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dining Table
Literary usage of Dining table
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Archaeological Journal by Council, British Archaeological Association, Central Committee (1846)
"I. THE DINING-TABLE. THE object of this paper is to give a slight sketch of the
economy of the dining-table during the middle ages, or to speak more exactly ..."
2. The Faith Healer: A Play in Four Acts by William Vaughn Moody (1909)
"... among other articles of furniture, a dining-table (with detachable leaves to
reduce its bulk when not in use for eating purposes), an old- fashioned ..."
3. Arctic Experiences: Containing Capt. George E. Tyson's Wonderful Drift on by Euphemia Vale Blake (1874)
"Short of Coal.—How we lost our Dinner.—A saltatory Dining-table.—Sight a Scotch
Whaler.—Arrival at Ivgi- tut, South Greenland.—Meet the For, of Arctic Fame. ..."
4. Space and the Architect: Lessons in Architecture 2 by Herman Hertzberger (2000)
"... found many times in his work and used by him in his own house in the Rue
Nungesser et Colli as a dining table, can be regarded as a new'mechanism'. ..."
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