Phrase guide

dinner table

noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

A table on which dinner (or other food) is served and eaten, particularly in a home.

A dining table.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • There's a small table in the breakfast nook, and there's a large dinner table in the dining room.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: table, furniture

2

noun

Meaning 2

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.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: usually

Examples

  • 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.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: table, furniture

3

noun

Meaning 3

the dining table where dinner is served and eaten

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: dining table, board

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

29 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: سُفْرَة (sufra) — table on which dinner is served
  • Armenian: ճաշասեղան (čašaseġan) — table on which dinner is served
  • Chinese Mandarin: 餐桌 (cānzhuō) — table on which dinner is served
  • Danish: spisebord — table on which dinner is served
  • Estonian: söögilaud — table on which dinner is served
  • Finnish: ruokapöytä — table on which dinner is served
  • Finnish: päivällispöytä — table on which dinner is served
  • Hungarian: étkezőasztal — table on which dinner is served
  • Icelandic: matarborð — table on which dinner is served
  • Italian: tavolo da cena — table on which dinner is served
  • Japanese: 食卓 (shokutaku) — table on which dinner is served
  • Japanese: ディナーテーブル (dinā-tēburu) — table on which dinner is served
  • Korean: 식탁 (siktak) — table on which dinner is served
  • Macedonian: трпезариска маса (trpezariska masa) — table on which dinner is served
  • Navajo: bikááʼ adání — table on which dinner is served
  • Norwegian Bokmål: middagsbord — table on which dinner is served
  • Norwegian Bokmål: matbord — table on which dinner is served
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: middagsbord — table on which dinner is served
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: matbord — table on which dinner is served
  • Portuguese: mesa de jantar — table on which dinner is served
  • Russian: обе́денный стол (obédennyj stol) — table on which dinner is served
  • Spanish: mesa de comedor — table on which dinner is served
  • Swedish: middagsbord — table on which dinner is served
  • Turkish: sofra — table on which dinner is served
  • Turkish: desterhan — table on which dinner is served
  • Ottoman Turkish: ماسه (masa) — table on which dinner is served
  • Ottoman Turkish: طراپزه (tırapeza) — table on which dinner is served
  • Ottoman Turkish: اسطال (astal) — table on which dinner is served
  • Ottoman Turkish: سفره (sofra) — table on which dinner is served