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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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 The building was home to several small businesses, including a nail salon, a grocery store, a meat shop and a pawnshop. — Alexa Herrera, CBS News, 29 Sep. 2026 Jacquemus Simone Porte Jacquemus and his team imagined the Melrose store as a Provençal salon, with stone herringbone floors, long yellow sofas, and pieces from his own art collection. — John Wogan, Travel + Leisure, 28 Sep. 2026 While the classic bob and blunt lob have seen their fair share of attention, the shag is taking over salons everywhere. — Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 27 Sep. 2026 In addition to modeling, Georgia May is also a co-owner of BLEACH London, a haircare brand and hair salon with locations in London and Los Angeles. — Giovana Gelhoren, InStyle, 26 Sep. 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
  • Ascending the museum’s spiral from the ground floor, the unnamed agent’s recollections unfold in forty-two chronological chapters illustrated with photographic, video, and sculptural installations.
    — Emily Witt, New Yorker, 26 Sep. 2026
  • Last year, London’s V&A museum staged a multi-roomed menagerie of the young queen’s clothes, shoes and bedroom furniture, as well as Canonero’s costumes and a collection of contemporary runway pieces that took inspiration from the Dauphine herself.
    — Leah Dolan, CNN Money, 26 Sep. 2026
Definition of museum
Noun
  • Hang Out On The Lawrenceville Lawn Another place at the heart of the community is the Lawrenceville Lawn, a giant greenspace that hosts regular events, concerts, and festivals.
    — Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 27 Sep. 2026
  • She had been told that Golden Collision was a good place to have work done.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 27 Sep. 2026
Definition of place
Noun
  • Meanwhile, interiors were curated by architect Andrea Faraguna under Tron’s creative direction, yielding a gallery-like ambience.
    — Miles Socha, Footwear News, 30 Sep. 2026
  • View gallery - 11 images Ahead of the upcoming fall sales season, smart home robotics brand Narwal has announced an exclusive early access promotion on its flagship robot vacuum and mop system, the Narwal Flow 2.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 29 Sep. 2026
Definition of gallery
Noun
  • The facility was decommissioned over years starting in 1975 and shut for about 40 years.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 27 Sep. 2026
  • At UConn, in the Werth basketball facility, Dan Hurley (and Geno Auriemma) really mean it.
    — Joe Arruda, Hartford Courant, 26 Sep. 2026
Definition of facility
Noun
  • Restaurants and other food-service establishments should check their freezers and make sure the product is not served to customers, the USDA said.
    — Angela Rodriguez, Sacbee.com, 28 Sep. 2026
  • The types of establishment vary widely, ranging from a tonkatsu pork cutlet restaurant in Hokkaido to cafes and soba shops in Kyoto's touristy areas, and a steakhouse on Ishigaki Island in Okinawa Prefecture.
    — Masayuki Oi Japan News, Arkansas Online, 25 Sep. 2026
Definition of establishment
Noun
  • Some taste like gym socks, others like floral arrangements in a funeral parlor, and a few manage to have no flavor whatsoever.
    — Alex Beggs, Bon Appetit Magazine, 28 Sep. 2026
  • Cachepots range in size from small enough to put on a shelf with an African violet tucked inside to oversized containers that could hold an 8-foot parlor palm.
    — Leanne Potts, Better Homes & Gardens, 26 Sep. 2026
Definition of parlor

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