SALON

salon

(noun) elegant sitting room where guests are received

salon

(noun) gallery where works of art can be displayed

salon, beauty salon, beauty parlor, beauty parlour, beauty shop

(noun) a shop where hairdressers and beauticians work

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

salon (plural salons)

A large room, especially one used to receive and entertain guests.

Synonyms: hall, lounge, parlor, guest room

A gathering of people for a social or intellectual meeting.

Synonyms: circle, cenacle

(arts) An art gallery or exhibition; especially the Paris salon or autumn salon.

A beauty salon or similar establishment.

Anagrams

• Nosal, Sloan, Solan, Sơn La, loans, lonas, solan

Source: Wiktionary


Sa`lon", n. Etym: [F. See Saloon.]

Definition: An apartment for the reception of company; hence, in the plural, faschionable parties; circles of fashionable society.

Sa`lon", n.

Definition: An apartment for the reception and exhibition of works of art; hence, an annual exhibition of paintings, sculptures, etc., held in Paris by the Society of French Artists; -- sometimes called the Old Salon. New Salon is a popular name for an annual exhibition of paintings, sculptures, etc., held in Paris at the Champs de Mars, by the Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts (National Society of Fine Arts), a body of artists who, in 1890, seceded from the Société des Artistes Français (Society of French Artists).

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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(adjective) marked by or promising bad fortune; “their business venture was doomed from the start”; “an ill-fated business venture”; “an ill-starred romance”; “the unlucky prisoner was again put in irons”- W.H.Prescott


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