Saloon Definition
sə-lo͝on
saloons
noun
saloons
A large room or hall designed for receptions, exhibitions, entertainments, etc.
Webster's New World
A place where alcoholic drinks are sold to be drunk on the premises; bar.
Webster's New World
Any interior public place used for some specific purpose.
Webster's New World
The officers' dining and social room on a cargo ship.
American Heritage
A large social lounge on a passenger ship.
American Heritage
Synonyms:
- place
- watering-hole
- hangout
- joint
- poor man's club
- beer-parlor
- grog-shop
- roadhouse
- cocktail-lounge
- night-club
- publichouse
- tavern
- alehouse
- pub
- bar
Other Word Forms of Saloon
Noun
Singular:
saloon
Plural:
saloonsOrigin of Saloon
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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 *salÄ…, from Proto-Indo-European *sol-, derived from *sel- (“dwelling")
From Wiktionary
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French salon salon salon
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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