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dining

English

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /?da?n??(?)/
  • Rhymes: -a?n??

Noun

dining (countable and uncountable, plural dinings)

  1. Eating dinner as a social function.
    • 1869, The XIX Century (volume 1, page 6)
      For my own part I preferred to remain with the ship, and I am now glad that I did so, for the welcome we received at Havana; the cheering crowds upon the quay; the friends we met and made; the dinings in and dinings out []
  2. Entertaining someone to dinner.

Related terms

  • dining car
  • dining room
  • dining table

Verb

dining

  1. present participle of dine

Anagrams

  • indign, niding

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dinette

English

Etymology

dine +? -ette

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /da??n?t/
  • Rhymes: -?t

Noun

dinette (plural dinettes)

  1. A small space within a dwelling, usually alongside a kitchen, used for informal dining; a dining alcove or nook.
    The condominium lacks a proper dining room, but has a cosy dinette.
  2. (US, military, informal) A submarine's mess hall.
  3. Furniture for an indoor informal dining space, usually consisting of chairs and a small table.
    We purchased a new dinette yesterday.
  4. (obsolete) A preliminary dinner; luncheon.

Translations

References

  • “dinette” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
  • Random House Webster's Unabridged Electronic Dictionary, 1987-1996.

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