Definition of salon
1 : an elegant apartment or living room (as in a fashionable home)
2 : a fashionable assemblage of notables (such as literary figures, artists, or statesmen) held by custom at the home of a prominent person
3a : a hall for exhibition of artb capitalized : an annual exhibition of works of art
4 : a stylish business establishment or shop a beauty salon
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Examples of salon in a Sentence
at its headquarters the company maintains a fashionable salon filled with works of modern art
Recent Examples of salon from the Web
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Not only is the design by a world-renowned firm, Pierre-Yves Rochon LLC, but the spa is La Prairie and the salon is by Hollywood's go-to color maven Tracey Cunningham.
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Salon by Sucré, chef Tariq Hanna's savory restaurant above the French Quarter outlet of the sweet shop Sucré, has stopped serving dinner.
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In 1987, after learning about a store for rent from the owner of a Bleecker Street nail salon, Arleen Bowman opened a women’s clothing boutique under her own name at 353 Bleecker, between West 10th and Charles Streets.
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The salon saw a spike in business after the name change and garnered national media attention, including from conservative talk-show host Sean Hannity and NPR.
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Knutson said his path to Mount Shasta began in 2015 at a hair salon on Haight Street in San Francisco.
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Desna lives life to the fullest, both with her colleagues and with her smooth-talking, heavily-tattooed lover, Roller (Jack Kesy), who feels perfectly comfortable dropping into the salon during business hours for a steamy tryst with Desna.
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The salon is open 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. on weekdays, 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Saturdays, and 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Sundays.
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Fifteen people from this small town north of Dallas were sent to the hospital with carbon monoxide poisoning Saturday after the gas seeped into a hair salon from a loose heater vent.
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Origin and Etymology of salon
French
SALON Defined for English Language Learners
salon
playDefinition of salon for English Language Learners
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: a business that gives customers beauty treatments (such as haircuts)
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: a large room in a fashionable house that is used for entertaining guests
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: a regular meeting of writers, artists, etc., at someone's home
SALON Defined for Kids
salon
playDefinition of salon for Students
: a business that offers customers beauty treatments a hair salon
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