1
: an elegant apartment or living room (as in a fashionable home)
2
: a fashionable assemblage of notables (such as literary figures, artists, or statesmen) held by custom at the home of a prominent person
3
a
: a hall for exhibition of art
b
capitalized
: an annual exhibition of works of art
4
: a stylish business establishment or shop
a beauty salon
Examples of salon in a Sentence
at its headquarters the company maintains a fashionable salon filled with works of modern art
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Snaking through the salons of an old Paris mansion, the circuitous catwalk is marked with bundles of spindly wood branches and vibrant floral blooms, adornments that add an ethereal air to the silk-stocking grandeur.
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Courtney Crowder, USA TODAY, 22 Mar. 2025
The new graduate—whether from high school or college—probably doesn’t have a ton of cash for regular salon visits, so keep them looking their best with this hair gadget.
—Jake Henry Smith, Glamour, 20 Mar. 2025
Featuring a full-service salon and boutique in addition to locker rooms, showers, and eucalyptus steam rooms, the spa offers an outdoor garden sanctuary with a jacuzzi, a wading fountain, lounge chairs, and a covered patio.
—Patricia Doherty, Travel + Leisure, 17 Mar. 2025
Meanwhile, in the private salons of the Bon Marché department store, Selim Mouzannar showed a handmade tubular diamond chain that will give direct-metal printing a run for its money.
—Kate Matthams, Forbes, 16 Mar. 2025
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Courtney Crowder, USA TODAY, 22 Mar. 2025
The new graduate—whether from high school or college—probably doesn’t have a ton of cash for regular salon visits, so keep them looking their best with this hair gadget.
—Jake Henry Smith, Glamour, 20 Mar. 2025
Featuring a full-service salon and boutique in addition to locker rooms, showers, and eucalyptus steam rooms, the spa offers an outdoor garden sanctuary with a jacuzzi, a wading fountain, lounge chairs, and a covered patio.
—Patricia Doherty, Travel + Leisure, 17 Mar. 2025
Meanwhile, in the private salons of the Bon Marché department store, Selim Mouzannar showed a handmade tubular diamond chain that will give direct-metal printing a run for its money.
—Kate Matthams, Forbes, 16 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for salon
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“Salon.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/salon. Accessed 30 Mar. 2025.
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salon
noun
sa·lon
sə-ˈlän 
ˈsal-ˌän
1
: an apartment or living room of stylish design
2
: a social gathering held in a salon
3
a
: an art gallery
b
: an annual exhibition of art
4
: a stylish business establishment
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