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dining hall

noun

a large room in which meals are served to members of a special group and their guests, as to the students and faculty of a college.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of dining hall¹

First recorded in 1660–70

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Example Sentences

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In college, I once overheard a friend order a sandwich in the dining hall that would soon become my go-to for months: chicken cutlets, Muenster, pesto and mayonnaise on a hard roll.

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Temporary classrooms have been used for lessons since September, but the kitchen and dining hall remain unoccupied with meals cooked offsite and transported to the marquee.

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After the ceremony, she spent time in the junior ranks' dining hall, where senior guardsman proposed a toast in her honour.

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On Douyin, the Chinese version of TikTok, one user shared a photo of the dining hall's tickets, with what appeared to be a crowd queuing up for food.

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"His tuition and living expenses came to about £600 a year. The Panjab University scholarship gave him about £160. For the rest he had to depend on his father. Manmohan was careful to live very stingily. Subsidised meals in the dining hall were relatively cheap at two shillings sixpence."

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