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| cafeteria |
a dining hall or restaurant in which customers choose or are served their food at a counter. The customers then carry the food on trays to their tables. |
| cruise |
A cruise is a pleasure trip on a ship. When people take a cruise, they usually sleep in rooms on the ship and spend several days or more traveling around just for fun. On a big cruise ship, there are a lot of things for people to do, like play games, swim in the swimming pool, dance, watch movies, or eat in one of the dining rooms. Sometimes the ship stops in places where people can get off and go exploring or do shopping. [1/4 definitions] |
| dining room |
A dining room is a room in a home, hotel, or restaurant that is used for eating meals. |
| patio |
a paved area next to a house that is used for dining or relaxing outdoors. |
| tablecloth |
a cloth laid over a dining table to protect its surface during a meal. |
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