triclinium

Noun

Meaning

A couch for reclining at meals, extending round three sides of a table, and usually in three parts.

A dining room furnished with such a triple couch.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

trinity triune trilateral table triple triangular couch triad triumvirate trigon trio dining room trinitarian trilogy triplicity

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Hypernyms

board dining room dining table

Derivatives

triclinia

Examples

Grimm, "On Food and the Body," p. 356. Guests were entertained in a finely decorated dining room ( triclinium ), often with a view of the peristyle garden. Source: Internet

They concluded that the grotto is actually a nymphaeum or underground triclinium from Neronian times. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

triclinial tricliniary triclinic triclocarban triclofos triclonide