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DINING TABLE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A table at which meals are served
Example:
a feast was spread upon the board
Synonyms:
board; dining table
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("dining table" is a kind of...):
table (a piece of furniture with tableware for a meal laid out on it)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "dining table"):
dining-room table (dining-room furniture consisting of a table on which meals can be served)
dinner table (the dining table where dinner is served and eaten)
high table (a dining table in a dining-hall raised on a platform; seats are reserved for distinguished persons)
refectory table (a long narrow dining table supported by a stretcher between two trestles)
triclinium (a dining table with couches along three sides in ancient Rome)
