Also means
canteen
Usage Note
Comedor refers to both the dining room in a home and an institutional canteen or cafeteria (comedor escolar = school canteen). It derives from comer (to eat) + the agentive suffix -dor. In smaller Spanish flats, the salón-comedor (living-dining room) is a single open space.
Examples
"Cenamos juntos en el comedor cada noche."
Natural Translation
We have dinner together in the dining room every night.
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