Salon — meaning in English

English meaning

• parlor noun The living room of a house, or a room for entertaining guests; a room for talking; a sitting-room or drawing room.
• salon noun A business offering beauty treatments such as hair styling, manicures, or skincare.

Senses

Salon is used for these senses in English:

• drawing room (British, somewhat, dated, outside, of, Indian) Any room where visitors may be entertained; now, the living room.
• living room (countable) A room in a private house used for general social and leisure activities.
• parlor (dated, except in, Mid-Atlantic US) The living room of a house, or a room for entertaining guests; a room for talking; a sitting-room or drawing room.
• salon A large room, especially one used to receive and entertain guests.
• trade fair An exhibition at which members of a specific industry exhibit or demonstrate their products to prospective customers and to each other.

parlor — full definition

1. noun The living room of a house, or a room for entertaining guests; a room for talking; a sitting-room or drawing room.
2. noun The apartment in a monastery or nunnery where the residents are permitted to meet and converse with each other or with visitors from the outside.
3. noun A comfortable room in a public house.
4. noun A covered open-air patio.

salon — full definition

1. noun A business offering beauty treatments such as hair styling, manicures, or skincare.
2. noun A large, elegant room for receiving guests, or a gathering of people for cultured conversation.

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