dinette

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/daɪˈnɛt/

noun

A small space within a dwelling, usually alongside a kitchen, used for informal dining; a dining alcove or nook.

“We purchased a new dinette yesterday.”

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Meanings

noundinette (plural dinettes)

plural dinettes

  1. A small space within a dwelling, usually alongside a kitchen, used for informal dining; a dining alcove or nook.

    The condominium lacks a proper dining room, but has a cosy dinette.

  2. USinformalgovernmentA submarine's mess hall.
  3. Furniture for an indoor informal dining space, usually consisting of chairs and a small table.

    We purchased a new dinette yesterday.

    1 more example

    The dinette set in the corner was from the ’30s, chipped and discolored.

    2021, Colson Whitehead, Harlem Shuffle, Fleet, page 10
  4. obsoleteA preliminary dinner; luncheon.

Origin

From dine + -ette.

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Translations

Finnish ruokailutila, ruokailuryhmä
  • ruokailutilaspace
  • ruokailuryhmäfurniture
Polish kącik jadalny, komplet stołowy
  • kącik jadalnyspace
  • komplet stołowyfurniture
Spanish comedor, tinelo
  • comedorfurniture
  • tinelofurniture

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with dinette

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Cite this entry
APA

dinette. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dinette

MLA

“dinette.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dinette. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “dinette,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dinette.

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