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parlor
/ˈpɑːlə/
noun 5
Collocations
4ADJ.
dismal, good, local, many-colored, near, next
VERB + PARLOR
come, owned, voices
PARLOR + NOUN
'twas, cairo, spider
PREP.
in, in, into
Definitions
noun
1
The living room of a house, or a room for entertaining guests; a room for talking; a sitting-room or drawing room.
So, after a spell, he decided to make the best of it and shoved us into the front parlor. 'Twas a dismal sort of place, with hair wreaths, and wax fruit, and tin lambrekins, and land knows what all.
2
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.
3
A comfortable room in a public house.
Immediately at hand was a small, mean public-house - one of those dingy establishments that seem to express, by their morbid and retiring appearance, a certain anxiety to escape the eye of the police - and into the parlour of this hostel Quin promptly led the way.
There had been a surprise party and some had entered his hotel parlour to get drink; before he was aware of it the accordion was being played in the room.
4
A covered open-air patio.
5
A shop or other business selling goods or services specified by context.
tattoo parlor pizza parlor ice cream parlor
Thesaurus
Synonyms
noun — a room in a private house or establishment where people can
- living-room
- parlour
noun — reception room in an inn or club where visitors can be recei
- parlour
Antonyms
Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
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So, after a spell, he decided to make the best of it and shoved us into the front parlor. 'Twas a dismal sort of place, with hair wreaths, and wax fruit, and tin lambrekins, and land knows what all.
Wiktionary02
Immediately at hand was a small, mean public-house - one of those dingy establishments that seem to express, by their morbid and retiring appearance, a certain anxiety to escape the eye of the police
Wiktionary03
There had been a surprise party and some had entered his hotel parlour to get drink; before he was aware of it the accordion was being played in the room.
Wiktionary04
Could you suggest a good beauty parlor near here?
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Jiro was all smiles after he made a bundle at the pachinko parlor.
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When I was a student, I used to go to that pizza parlor.
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