noun
Meaning 1
A place where clients can pay for a massage.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US
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Phrase guide
massage parlor
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noun
Meaning 2
A place that offers a happy ending (a hand job) after the massage; a front organization for a brothel.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US
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noun
Meaning 3
a business establishment that offers therapeutic massage
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: place of business, business establishment
noun
Meaning 4
a place where illicit sex is available under the guise of therapeutic massage
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: whorehouse, brothel, bordello, bagnio, house of prostitution, house of ill repute, bawdyhouse, cathouse, sporting house
History
Etymology
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Across languages
Translations
9 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Chinese Mandarin: 按摩店 (ànmódiàn) — place that sells massages
- Chinese Mandarin: 按摩館 /按摩馆 (ànmóguǎn) — place that sells massages
- Chinese Mandarin: 按摩院 (ànmóyuàn) — place that sells massages
- Esperanto: masaĝejo — place that sells massages
- Finnish: hieromalaitos — place that sells massages
- Finnish: hierontaliike — place that sells massages
- French: salon de massage — place that sells massages
- German: Massagesalon — place that sells massages
- Telugu: మర్దనశాల (mardanaśāla) — place that sells massages