salon

noun

sə-ˈlän How to pronounce salon (audio)
Definition of salonnext
1
as in museum
a building or part of a building in which objects of interest are displayed at its headquarters the company maintains a fashionable salon filled with works of modern art

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2
as in place
a building, room, or suite of rooms occupied by a service business a hair salon

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Recent Examples of salon On the Ryder-shot ROADRUNNER cover, Destin is sitting on a revolving chair in an old-school Jamaican hair salon. — Regina Cho, VIBE.com, 19 Oct. 2026 There’s a bespoke stationery salon (the only one outside of London) with consultants advising on creating personal stationery, business cards, holiday cards and wedding invitations. — David Moin, Footwear News, 19 Oct. 2026 Two other businesses, including Subway and a nail salon in the shopping plaza, were also broken into Wednesday morning. — Charlie De Mar, CBS News, 15 Oct. 2026 Elsewhere, the Knox will have a signature restaurant serving up classic American dishes, as well as an indoor and outdoor salon that’s an ode to European dining. — Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 15 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for salon
Recent Examples of Synonyms for salon
  1. museum
  2. place
  3. gallery
  4. facility
  5. establishment
  6. parlor
Noun
  • Moab Giants open-air museum, Mill Canyon Dinosaur Tracksite, and Intestine Man Petroglyphs are also all within easy driving distance.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 25 Oct. 2026
  • Gendarmes were stationed beneath the Arc de Triomphe, while major museums like the Louvre and Grand Palais were closed.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 25 Oct. 2026
Definition of museum
Noun
  • The places where Baltzor typically ranges her cattle in the mountains were ravaged by record-size wildfires this summer, robbing them of the grass the herds usually eat.
    — Anna King, NPR, 25 Oct. 2026
  • While some protests have been banned for security reasons in several cities, including Lyon, Nice and Montpellier, marches are expected in many other places including in Paris and Marseille.
    — ELITSA GADEVA, Arkansas Online, 24 Oct. 2026
Definition of place
Noun
  • View gallery - 3 images Atari's 1983 home computer is coming back with modern connections, 25 classic games and a working cartridge slot.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 20 Oct. 2026
  • Think theaters, cinemas, museums, galleries, restaurants, cafés, parks, and more.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 20 Oct. 2026
Definition of gallery
Noun
  • At full capacity, the company estimates that the new facility could feature approximately 600 employees.
    — Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 25 Oct. 2026
  • In August 2022, Garza was ruled mentally incompetent to stand trial and ordered to be jailed until a bed in a state mental health treatment facility was available.
    — Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 24 Oct. 2026
Definition of facility
Noun
  • Making peace between the GOP’s pro-Israel establishment and its restive right wing will pose an early challenge for Vice President JD Vance, who’s positioning himself for a posible 2028 run.
    — Shelby Talcott, semafor.com, 26 Oct. 2026
  • The fear increasingly voiced across Israel’s political and cultural establishment is that another Netanyahu victory could push those divisions toward a societal rupture.
    — Eric Cortellessa, Time, 26 Oct. 2026
Definition of establishment
Noun
  • Fireplaces anchor the parlor, library, and dining room, while the sunroom is wrapped in six-over-six sash windows.
    — Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 21 Oct. 2026
  • Around the same time, Rivera painted a full-body portrait of Pan dancing, and Pan hung the painting in the parlor of his house.
    — David Hajdu, Vanity Fair, 20 Oct. 2026
Definition of parlor

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