'Salon' definitions:
Definition of 'salon'
(from WordNet)
noun
Gallery where works of art can be displayed
noun
A shop where hairdressers and beauticians work [syn: salon, beauty salon, beauty parlor, beauty parlour, beauty shop]
noun
Elegant sitting room where guests are received
Definition of 'Salon'
From: GCIDE
- Salon \Sa`lon"\, n. [F. See Saloon.]
- 1. An apartment for the reception of company; hence, in the plural, fashionable parties; circles of fashionable society. [1913 Webster]
- 2. An apartment for the reception and exhibition of works of art; hence, an annual exhibition of paintings, sculptures, etc., held in Paris by the Society of French Artists; -- sometimes called the Old Salon.
- New Salon is a popular name for an annual exhibition of paintings, sculptures, etc., held in Paris at the Champs de Mars, by the Soci['e]t['e] Nationale des Beaux-Arts (National Society of Fine Arts), a body of artists who, in
- 1890, seceded from the Soci['e]t['e] des Artistes Fran[,c]ais (Society of French Artists). [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Synonyms of 'salon'
From: Moby Thesaurus
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- art gallery,
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- British Museum,
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