Definition of Salon

1. Noun. Gallery where works of art can be displayed.

Generic synonyms: Art Gallery, Gallery, Picture Gallery

2. Noun. A shop where hairdressers and beauticians work.
Exact synonyms: Beauty Parlor, Beauty Parlour, Beauty Salon, Beauty Shop
Generic synonyms: Shop, Store

3. Noun. Elegant sitting room where guests are received.

Definition of Salon

1. n. An apartment for the reception of company; hence, in the plural, fashionable parties; circles of fashionable society.

2. n. 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 Société Nationale des Beaux- Arts (National Society of Fine Arts), a body of artists who, in 1890, seceded from the Société des Artistes Français (Society of French Artists).

Definition of Salon

1. Noun. a large room, especially one used to receive and entertain guests ¹

2. Noun. a gathering of people for a social or intellectual meeting ¹

3. Noun. an art gallery ¹

4. Noun. a beauty salon or similar establishment ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Salon

1. a large room in which guests are received [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Salon

salmonlike
salmonoid
salmonoids
salmons
salmony
salmosin
salmwood
salo
salogen
salol
salol-camphor
salolase
salols
salometer
salometers
salon (current term)
saloniste
salonistes
salonlike
salonnière
salonnières
salons
saloon keeper
saloonkeeper
saloonkeepers
saloonkeeping
saloonlike
saloons
saloop

Literary usage of Salon

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Bookman (1908)
"BY ANDRE RELIER THE salon OF THE HUMOURISTS T is the peculiar distinction of Paris that its art workers are adventurous spirits perpetually engaged in a ..."

2. American Book Prices Current by Katherine Kyes Leab, Daniel J Leab (1899)
"(497) $71.75 5718 salon DE 1881. 410, half morocco, gilt top, uncut. ... (1742) $3 25 5728 salon DE 1895. HOLLAND PAPER. Imperial Svo, cloth, Svo, cloth. ..."

3. The Twentieth Century by Caroline Farrar Ware (1908)
"REFLECTIONS AT THE salon AND THE ROYAL ACADEMY ' I CANNOT understand your attitude of mind ; you seem to do nothing but find fault,' were the words I heard ..."

4. The Gentleman's Magazine (1875)
"There is nothing like the run on the Royal Academy's Exhibition that there is on the salon. Fashionable and unfashionable society congregate here, ..."

5. The Bookman (1908)
"BY ANDRE RELIER THE salon OF THE HUMOURISTS T is the peculiar distinction of Paris that its art workers are adventurous spirits perpetually engaged in a ..."

6. American Book Prices Current by Katherine Kyes Leab, Daniel J Leab (1899)
"(497) $71.75 5718 salon DE 1881. 410, half morocco, gilt top, uncut. ... (1742) $3 25 5728 salon DE 1895. HOLLAND PAPER. Imperial Svo, cloth, Svo, cloth. ..."

7. The Twentieth Century by Caroline Farrar Ware (1908)
"REFLECTIONS AT THE salon AND THE ROYAL ACADEMY ' I CANNOT understand your attitude of mind ; you seem to do nothing but find fault,' were the words I heard ..."

8. The Gentleman's Magazine (1875)
"There is nothing like the run on the Royal Academy's Exhibition that there is on the salon. Fashionable and unfashionable society congregate here, ..."

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