saloon

  • 21saloon — noun 1》 a public room or building used for a specified purpose.     ↘(also saloon bar) Brit. another term for lounge bar.     ↘a large public room for use as a lounge on a ship. 2》 N. Amer. historical or humorous a place where alcoholic drinks… …

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  • 22saloon — /seuh loohn /, n. 1. a place for the sale and consumption of alcoholic drinks. 2. a room or place for general use for a specific purpose: a dining saloon on a ship. 3. a large cabin for the common use of passengers on a passenger vessel. 4. Brit …

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  • 23Saloon — Sa|loon 〈[ səlu:n] m. 6〉 im Stil der Wildwestfilme eingerichtetes Lokal [engl. amerikan., „Kneipe, Saal“] * * * Sa|loon [sə lu:n ], der; s, s [engl. saloon < frz. salon, ↑ Salon]: Bar im Wilden Westen. * * * Sa|loon [sə lu:n], der; s, s [engl …

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  • 24saloon — Synonyms and related words: Pullman car, alehouse, bar, barrel house, barroom, beer garden, beer parlor, best room, bistro, blind tiger, bucket shop, cabaret, cabin, cafe, cocktail lounge, cuddy, deckhouse, dive, dramshop, drawing room, drinkery …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 25saloon — [18] Saloon is part of a widespread western European family of words for ‘large room’. They go back to a prehistoric Germanic *salaz, ancestor of German saal. This was borrowed into Vulgar Latin as *sala, whose descendants include French salle… …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 26saloon — UK [səˈluːn] / US [səˈlun] noun [countable] Word forms saloon : singular saloon plural saloons 1) a place where you can buy and drink alcoholic drinks 2) a big room on a ship where passengers can sit together and talk, play games etc 3) British a …

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  • 27saloon — [18] Saloon is part of a widespread western European family of words for ‘large room’. They go back to a prehistoric Germanic *salaz, ancestor of German saal. This was borrowed into Vulgar Latin as *sala, whose descendants include French salle… …

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  • 28saloon — noun Etymology: French salon, from Italian salone, augmentative of sala hall, of Germanic origin; akin to Old High German sal hall; akin to Lithuanian sala village Date: 1728 1. a. chiefly British salon 1 b. chiefly British an often elaborately… …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 29saloon — noun /səˈlun/ a) A tavern, especially in an American Old West setting. b) A lounge bar in an English public house, contrast with public bar. :: A pint of beer in the saloon bar costs 1 penny more than in the public bar. Syn: sedan See Also …

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  • 30saloon — See salon, saloon …

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