dinner table en · NOUN
Meanings
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A table on which dinner (or other food) is served and eaten, particularly in a home. ▸ A dining table.
There's a small table in the breakfast nook, and there's a large dinner table in the dining room.
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(usually, with the) A table on which dinner (or other food) is served and eaten, particularly in a home. ▸ The table at dinnertime conceived as a place; it often is the same table at which all meals are served, being at dinnertime the dinner table, at lunchtime the lunch table, and at breakfast time the breakfast table; it is usually either the kitchen table or the dining room table.
In our house there's a rule that you don't bring your phone to the dinner table, although you're allowed to bring it to the breakfast table.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| dinner tables | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| dinnertable | alternative, uncommon | lexicographic | |
| dinner-table | alternative, archaic | lexicographic |
Hypernyms
table · furniture · furniture · table
Relateds
Translations (29)
nb middagsbord (table on which dinner is served) · sv middagsbord (table on which dinner is served) · hu étkezőasztal (table on which dinner is served) · fi ruokapöytä (table on which dinner is served) · ko 식탁 (table on which dinner is served) · ja ディナーテーブル (table on which dinner is served) · pt mesa de jantar (table on which dinner is served) · es mesa de comedor (table on which dinner is served) · hy ճաշասեղան (table on which dinner is served) · ru обе́денный стол (table on which dinner is served) · nb matbord (table on which dinner is served) · et söögilaud (table on which dinner is served) · fi päivällispöytä (table on which dinner is served) · is matarborð (table on which dinner is served) · tr desterhan (table on which dinner is served) · nn matbord (table on which dinner is served) · nn middagsbord (table on which dinner is served) · mk трпезариска маса (table on which dinner is served) · ja 食卓 (table on which dinner is served) · cmn 餐桌 (table on which dinner is served) · da spisebord (table on which dinner is served) · ota ماسه (table on which dinner is served) · ota اسطال (table on which dinner is served) · it tavolo da cena (table on which dinner is served) · ota سفره (table on which dinner is served) · nv bikááʼ adání (table on which dinner is served) · ar سُفْرَة (table on which dinner is served) · tr sofra (table on which dinner is served) · ota طراپزه (table on which dinner is served)