Definition of parlornext
as in place
a building, room, or suite of rooms occupied by a service business an ice cream parlor with an old-timey theme

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Recent Examples of parlor Permanent judge Gail Simmons is right there with her, crushing on casual cuisine from Waffle House, In-N-Out Burger, and her local Brooklyn pizza parlor. Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 29 Dec. 2025 The result is a chewy and cheesy comfort food that'll give any of our local chili parlors a run for their money. Keith Pandolfi, Cincinnati Enquirer, 28 Dec. 2025 Fisk worked closely with Safdie to envision some of the film’s biggest set pieces, including the table tennis parlor Marty Mauser frequents that is based on Lawrence’s Broadway Table Tennis Club. Pat Saperstein, Variety, 27 Dec. 2025 The 43-story building with 565 rooms – a Gaviota hotel managed by Iberostar and popularly known as Torre K – sits just in front of the iconic open-air ice cream parlor Coppelia in the Vedado neighborhood. Nora Gámez Torres, Miami Herald, 23 Dec. 2025 See All Example Sentences for parlor
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Noun
  • Try to find a place that will block blowing or falling debris.
    CA Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 10 Jan. 2026
  • This is a sanctuary, a place of calm.
    Elazar Sontag, Washington Post, 10 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • In the meantime, more than 1,500 are expected to be laid off, with the facility eventually expected to employ about 2,100 people.
    Lucas Aulbach, Louisville Courier Journal, 9 Jan. 2026
  • MercyOne, UnityPoint and Broadlawns birth centers have accounted for every baby delivered at their facilities in 2025 and released their most popular baby names.
    Cooper Worth, Des Moines Register, 9 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • Hellyer however noted that for now Iran’s powerful security establishment remains intact.
    Mitchell McCluskey, CNN Money, 12 Jan. 2026
  • The regime boasted about its security establishment, and yet, in June, Israel and the United States joined together to bomb Iran’s nuclear facilities with almost no resistance.
    David Remnick, New Yorker, 11 Jan. 2026

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“Parlor.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/parlor. Accessed 19 Jan. 2026.

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