Dining

Pronunciation

• UK IPA: /ˈdaɪnɪŋ(g)/
• Rhymes: -aɪnɪŋ

Full definition of dining

Noun

1. Eating dinner as a social function.
• 1869, The XIX Century (volume 1, page 6)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 ...
2. Entertaining someone to dinner.

Related terms

• dining car
• dining room
• dining table

Verb

1. Present participle of dine

Anagrams

• indign
• niding