parlor Definition
par·lor (pär′lər)
noun
- Archaic a room set aside for the entertainment of guests; formal sitting room
- Old-fashioned any living room
- a small, semiprivate sitting room or meeting room apart from the main lounges in a hotel, inn, etc.
- Old-fashioned a business establishment elegantly furnished to resemble a private sitting room an ice-cream parlor
- now, a shop or business establishment, often with some special equipment or furnishings for personal services a beauty parlor
Etymology: ME parlour < OFr parleor < parler: see parley
parlor Synonyms
parlor
n.
parlor Usage Examples
Possessives
kate: Quot well yesterday he borrowed was kate's slot parlor.
Converse of object
- bet: Betting parlors the emergence of companies quot our hats a series of.
- start: In THIS thread we are interested only in the work involved in " Starting a beer parlor in India " .
- open: I think it was just a lady who liked reptiles and opened a massage parlor for them.
- milk: In the milking parlor the cows had their stalls with name, like Blue Bell, above each.
Adjective modifier
- funeral: With each sale there is a promise that eventually a funeral parlor will be built for future services.
- Victorian: That'll make some and flushes combined bonus quads in victorian parlor and more.
- little: She invited me into the little back parlor, closed the door; and we were alone.
- private: Private tea parlors in Taiwan have elaborate designs that cater to many different tastes.
- local: Cards sold at the local parlor can be used without such checking.
Modifies a noun
- maid: A month ago I tried it on your father's footman, and in a week he'd married a perfectly strange parlor maid.
- trick: Virginia Candidates Trade Places for 2006 Race: Andrew Ferguson Let's try an election-year parlor trick.
- game: The parlor game never ends no matter how bizarre the idea.
- door: I went to the parlor door, and said, " Mrs.
Noun used with modifier
- pachinko: There have already been reports of the owners of the pachinko parlors involved in the usage of the counterfeit cards.
- tattoo: Iron: There's a Brazilian tattoo parlor across the street from my house that just opened up.
- pizza: The agent in charge of the investigation called a nearby pizza parlor with delivery service to order a quick dinner for his colleagues.
- massage: I think it was just a lady who liked reptiles and opened a massage parlor for them.
- beer: In THIS thread we are interested only in the work involved in " Starting a beer parlor in India " .
- beauty: And she spent more time in the beauty parlor, too.
Browse dictionary entries near parlor
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- ‹ parlance
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- ‹ parkway
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