Meaning

6 senses
  1. (US)A tavern, especially in an American Old West setting.

    Near-synonyms: pub; see also Thesaurus:pub

    салу́нsalún, барbar, таве́рнаtavérna

  2. (UK, dated)A lounge bar in an English public house, contrasted with the public bar.

    A pint of beer in the saloon bar costs a penny more than in the public bar.

    tavern consisting of a building with a bar and public rooms; often provides light meals

  3. (UK)A car with a boot or trunk compartment separate from the driver/passenger space and with seating and doors for more than two people.

    a car that is closed and that has front and rear seats and two or four doors

  4. The cabin area of a boat or yacht devoted to seated relaxation, often combined with dining table.

  5. The part of a rail carriage or multiple unit containing seating for passengers.

  6. (India, Nigeria)A barbershop (store offering haircuts).

Examples

14 sentences
  1. The stable is next to the saloon.

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  2. I want to buy a saloon.

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  3. They walked into the saloon together.

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  4. The local government closed all bars and saloons.

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  5. Mary kept an eye on the saloon door.

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Translations

4 languages
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By meaning 1
tavern:

Origin

From Occitan salon, French salon, either augmentative of salle (“room”), or borrowed from

From Occitan salon, French salon, either augmentative of salle (“room”), or borrowed from Italian salone (“hall”), augmentative form of sala, salla (“room”); in both cases borrowed from a Germanic source such as Old High German sal (“house, hall”), from Proto-Germanic *salą, from Proto-Indo-European *sel- (“dwelling”). Doublet of salon.

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Forms

plural: saloons
Singularsaloon
Pluralsaloons

regular

Synonyms

26 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

10 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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