DINING-HALL

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A large room at a college or university; used especially for dining

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("dining-hall" is a kind of...):

dining-room; dining room (a room used for dining)

Meronyms (parts of "dining-hall"):

high table (a dining table in a dining-hall raised on a platform; seats are reserved for distinguished persons)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "dining-hall"):

refectory (a communal dining-hall (usually in a monastery))

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