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noun
A couch for reclining at mealtimes, extending round three sides of a table, and usually in three parts.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Ancient-Rome
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noun
A dining room furnished with such a triple couch.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Ancient-Rome
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noun
a dining table with couches along three sides in ancient Rome
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: dining table, board
noun
a dining room (especially a dining room containing a dining table with couches along three sides)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: dining room, dining-room
History
Borrowed from Latin trīclīnium, from Ancient Greek τρικλίνιον (triklínion).
