SALON

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does salon mean? 

• SALON (noun)
  The noun SALON has 3 senses:

1. gallery where works of art can be displayed

2. a shop where hairdressers and beauticians work

3. elegant sitting room where guests are received

  Familiarity information: SALON used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SALON (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Gallery where works of art can be displayed

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("salon" is a kind of...):

art gallery; gallery; picture gallery (a room or series of rooms where works of art are exhibited)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A shop where hairdressers and beauticians work

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

beauty parlor; beauty parlour; beauty salon; beauty shop; salon

Hypernyms ("salon" is a kind of...):

shop; store (a mercantile establishment for the retail sale of goods or services)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Elegant sitting room where guests are received

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("salon" is a kind of...):

front room; living-room; living room; parlor; parlour; sitting room (a room in a private house or establishment where people can sit and talk and relax)

 Context examples 

Mr. Rochester lay down on a sofa in a pretty room called the salon, and Sophie and I had little beds in another place.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

And he read of salons in great cities, even in the United States, where art and intellect congregated.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

"Well, yes, but isn't it rather warm for such a long walk?" he answered slowly, for the shaded salon looked inviting after the glare without.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

Talk with your salon stylist about suggesting a new look for your hair.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

With these thrilling words he rushed away, and flinging open the door of the mauve salon, was about to enter, when he received...

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

Buy new clothes and visit your stylist at the salon for suggestions about a new look, and you will welcome the new season ready for fun and love.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

Chez maman, said she, quand il y avait du monde, je le suivais partout, au salon et a leurs chambres; souvent je regardais les femmes de chambre coiffer et habiller les dames, et c'etait si amusant: comme cela on apprend.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

Come away, Impertinence, and don't shock my family by calling me names before their faces, answered Amy, resolving that there should be a home with a good wife in it before she set up a salon as a queen of society.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

Venus in Taurus, March 4 to April 3, will bring out your charms all month long, so use some of your birthday money (if you are given some) for new clothes or a trip to a fine salon for an updated, more refined look.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

'Alas, my cruel fate condemns me to remain here till my tyrant is destroyed.' 'Where is the villain?' 'In the mauve salon. Go, brave heart, and save me from despair.' 'I obey, and return victorious or dead!'

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)