parlor
IPA: pˈɑrɫɝ
noun
- The living room of a house, or a room for entertaining guests; a room for talking; a sitting-room or drawing room
- (archaic) The apartment in a monastery or nunnery where the residents are permitted to meet and converse with each other or with visitors from the outside.
- (archaic) A comfortable room in a public house.
- (chiefly Southern US) A covered open-air patio.
- A shop or other business selling goods or services specified by context.
- A shed used for milking cattle.
- (Philippines) Short for beauty parlor. [(US, Philippines) A salon where hairdressers, beauticians, and cosmeticians work.]
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Examples of "parlor" in Sentences
- The parlor was smaller and private.
- The museum was built around the parlor.
- She dodged the fire and quickly exited the parlor.
- Jennifer must enter the house and go to the parlor.
- Samantha is practicing the piano later in the parlor.
- Kinetoscope parlors soon spread successfully to Europe.
- A wooden mantelpiece graces the end of the first floor parlor.
- The Red Room was the first parlor completed during the restoration.
- The design with the parlor behind the hall is of a different origin.
- She is a musician and sometimes plays the organ in the farmhouse parlor.
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