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  • 1ice cream — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ chocolate, strawberry, vanilla, etc. … OF ICE CREAM ▪ scoop ▪ carton, tub …

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  • 2Parlour — (or parlor), from the French word parloir , from parler ( to speak ), denotes an audience chamber . It corresponds to what the Turks call a kiosk, as in Judg. 3:20 (the summer parlour ), or as in the margin of the Revised Version ( the upper… …

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  • 3parlor — [pär′lər] n. [ME parlour < OFr parleor < parler: see PARLEY] 1. a) Archaic a room set aside for the entertainment of guests; formal sitting room b) Old fashioned any living room 2. a small, semiprivate sitting room or meeting room apart… …

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  • 4parlor — par•lor [[t]ˈpɑr lər[/t]] n. 1) a room in a home for receiving visitors; living room 2) brit. a shop or business establishment: ice cream parlor; beauty parlor[/ex] 3) brit. a somewhat private room in a hotel, club, or the like for relaxation,… …

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  • 5parlour — (US parlor) ► NOUN 1) dated a sitting room. 2) a room in a public building, monastery, etc. for receiving guests or private conversation. 3) a shop or business providing specified goods or services: an ice cream parlour. 4) a room or building… …

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  • 6parlour — noun Parlour/parlor is used before these nouns: ↑maid, ↑trick Parlour/parlor is used after these nouns: ↑beauty, ↑funeral, ↑ice cream, ↑massage, ↑pizza, ↑tattoo …

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  • 7parlour — n. (US parlor) 1 a sitting room in a private house. 2 a room in a hotel, convent, etc., for the private use of residents. 3 esp. US a shop providing specified goods or services (beauty parlour; ice cream parlour). 4 a room or building equipped… …

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  • 8parlour — par|lour BrE parlor AmE [ˈpa:lə US ˈpa:rlər] n 1.) ice cream/funeral/tattoo parlour a shop or type of business that provides a particular service 2.) old fashioned a room in a house which has comfortable chairs and is used for meeting guests… …

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  • 9parlour — (US parlor) noun 1》 dated a sitting room in a private house. 2》 a room in a public building, hotel, monastery, etc. for receiving guests or private conversation. 3》 a shop or business providing specified goods or services: an ice cream parlour.… …

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  • 10parlour — BrE parlor AmE noun (C) 1 ice cream/massage/funeral etc parlour a shop or type of business that provides a particular service 2 old fashioned a room in a house which has comfortable chairs and is used for meeting guests see also: milking parlour …

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