salon
Americannoun
plural
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a drawing room or reception room in a large house.
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an assembly of guests in such a room, especially an assembly, common during the 17th and 18th centuries, consisting of the leaders in society, art, politics, etc.
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a hall or place used for the exhibition of works of art.
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a shop, business, or department of a store offering a specific product or service related to fashion, hairdressing, or beauty.
a bridal salon;
a hair salon;
a beauty salon.
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(initial capital letter) (in France)
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the Salon, an annual exhibition of works of art by living artists, originally held at the Salon d'Apollon: it became, during the 19th century, the focal point of artistic controversy and was identified with academicism and official hostility to progress in art.
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a national exhibition of works of art by living artists.
Salon des Refusés; Salon des Indépendants.
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noun
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a room in a large house in which guests are received
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an assembly of guests in a fashionable household, esp a gathering of major literary, artistic, and political figures from the 17th to the early 20th centuries
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a commercial establishment in which hairdressers, beauticians, etc, carry on their businesses
beauty salon
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a hall for exhibiting works of art
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such an exhibition, esp one showing the work of living artists
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Etymology
Origin of salon
First recorded in 1705–15; from French, from Italian salone, equivalent to sal(a) “hall” (from Germanic; compare Old English sæl, Old Saxon seli, German Saal, Old Norse salr ) + -one augmentative suffix
Example Sentences
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This tradition, which emerged in the Parisian literary salons of the 17th and 18th centuries, is defined as the art of the witty remark.
Some of the mines have become makeshift cities, workers said, with pharmacies, hair salons, restaurants offering satellite internet and television.
The guests had been hand-picked by prominent New York literary agent John Brockman, who frequently hosted similar salons for luminaries in science, technology and media.
From Salon
She is the managing editor of Contemporary Art Review Los Angeles and the founder of Group Chat, a conversation series and creative salon in L.A.
From Los Angeles Times
But the conflict has affected all corners of life in Russia -- even splitting the beauty salon outside Moscow where she works.
From Barron's
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