dining
nounUK /ˈdaɪnɪŋ(ɡ)/
1
Eating dinner as a social function.
- 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 […]1869, The XIX Century, volume 1, page 6:
2
Entertaining someone to dinner.
- Related terms
- dining car, dining chair, dining facility, dining hall, dining leaf, dining needle, dining room, dining set, dining table, dining time, diningware, fine dining, nondining, non-dining, rotational dining, undining