dining hall

See also: dining-hall

English

Alternative forms

• dining-hall

Noun

dining hall (plural dining halls)

1. A large room, typically in schools or colleges, where people eat together.

   Synonym: refectory

   Hypernyms: hall, room, space, area, place

   Coordinate terms: chow hall, mess hall, dining facility, dining room, cafeteria, lunchroom, great hall

Related terms

• diner
• dining car

Translations

room

Armenian: ճաշասրահ (hy) (čašasrah) Bulgarian: трапеза́рия f (trapezárija), столова́ (bg) f (stolová) Catalan: cantina f, menjador (ca) m Dutch: eetzaal (nl) f Finnish: ruokasali (fi) French: réfectoire (fr) m, cantine (fr) f German: Mensa (de) f, Speisesaal (de) m Greek: Ancient: φιδίτιον n (phidítion) Hutterisch: Essensschule Irish: proinnteach m Japanese: 学食 (ja) (gakushoku) Khiamniungan Naga: thāisām jāmpái, thāisām jāmpái Latin: refectorium n Polish: jadalnia (pl) f, stołówka (pl) f Punjabi: لَنگَر f (langar) Russian: обе́денный зал m (obédennyj zal) Thai: โรงอาหาร (roong-aa-hǎan), ห้องอาหาร (th) (hɔ̂ng-aa-hǎan)