Dining

noun, verb

noun, verb ·2 syllables ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Eating dinner as a social function. countable, uncountable

    "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. 2
    the act of eating dinner wordnet
  3. 3
    Entertaining someone to dinner. countable, uncountable
Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of dine form-of, gerund, participle, present

Synonyms

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appetitecannibalcannibalismcannibalisticcarnivorismcarnivority

Example

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"The living room adjoins the dining room."

Related phrases

dining cardining roomdining table

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