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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

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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

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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

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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)

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