as in places
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 parlors
The ice cream was distributed to the company's parlors in Northern California and sold in storefront freezers.
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Tim Fang, CBS News, 24 Apr. 2026
Indulge yourself in Friday the 13th flash sales on tattoos and piercings from parlors and studios throughout Sacramento.
—Sacbee.com, 12 Mar. 2026
Futuristic cafés and boba parlors dotted major cities.
—Chang Che, New Yorker, 8 Mar. 2026
There’s a growing trend of Charlotteans transforming their formal dining rooms or retrofitting an unused space to create mahjong parlors, Axios previously reported.
—Charlotte Observer, 1 Mar. 2026
His father was a wheeler-dealer who lived by quick wits and the sweat of his brow, dabbling in bootlegged sake, swine farming, loan sharking, and later pachinko parlors—Japan’s ubiquitous low-stakes gambling game of clattering steel ball bearings.
—Charlie Campbell, Time, 24 Feb. 2026
Guests of any room type have the full run of the Farmhouse’s public spaces, which include a couple parlors, a formal dining room, and a kitchen.
—Paul Brady, Travel + Leisure, 10 Feb. 2026
This scenery—bodegas, funeral parlors, pizza shops—was the only kind of nature Twin knew and loved.
—Literary Hub, 29 Jan. 2026
Southern Living recently explored all sorts of restaurants like dive bars, food trucks, pizza parlors and barbecue joints to find the 20 best spots for chicken wings in the South.
—Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 29 Jan. 2026
Tim Fang, CBS News, 24 Apr. 2026
Indulge yourself in Friday the 13th flash sales on tattoos and piercings from parlors and studios throughout Sacramento.
—Sacbee.com, 12 Mar. 2026
Futuristic cafés and boba parlors dotted major cities.
—Chang Che, New Yorker, 8 Mar. 2026
There’s a growing trend of Charlotteans transforming their formal dining rooms or retrofitting an unused space to create mahjong parlors, Axios previously reported.
—Charlotte Observer, 1 Mar. 2026
His father was a wheeler-dealer who lived by quick wits and the sweat of his brow, dabbling in bootlegged sake, swine farming, loan sharking, and later pachinko parlors—Japan’s ubiquitous low-stakes gambling game of clattering steel ball bearings.
—Charlie Campbell, Time, 24 Feb. 2026
Guests of any room type have the full run of the Farmhouse’s public spaces, which include a couple parlors, a formal dining room, and a kitchen.
—Paul Brady, Travel + Leisure, 10 Feb. 2026
This scenery—bodegas, funeral parlors, pizza shops—was the only kind of nature Twin knew and loved.
—Literary Hub, 29 Jan. 2026
Southern Living recently explored all sorts of restaurants like dive bars, food trucks, pizza parlors and barbecue joints to find the 20 best spots for chicken wings in the South.
—Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 29 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for parlors
Noun
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Wolves, who immediately finished in the Europa League places in 2019 after a six-season spell away from the top flight, offer a more realistic target.—
Elias Burke,
New York Times,
25 Apr. 2026
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Not in the offseason, when their coaching staffs and front offices regularly trade places.—
Bennett Durando,
Denver Post,
25 Apr. 2026
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This general view shows oil tanks and facilities at Yeosu National Industrial Complex, the largest petrochemical industrial complex in South Korea, in Yeosu on April 7, 2026.—
Lee Ying Shan,
CNBC,
21 Apr. 2026
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In reality, its attacks killed civilians and damaged airports, power facilities, and water supplies across the Gulf.—
Nawaf M. Al-Thani,
semafor.com,
20 Apr. 2026
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Many establishments have already opened up their patios with the weather warming up.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
19 Apr. 2026
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The county performs about 14,000 inspections annually and about 97% of establishments pass, spokesman Ken Casparis previously told The Sacramento Bee.—
Camila Pedrosa,
Sacbee.com,
17 Apr. 2026
Cite this Entry
“Parlors.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/parlors. Accessed 27 Apr. 2026.
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