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noun
A tavern, especially in an American Old West setting.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US
Synonyms: pub, alehouse, boozer, boozing ken, bousing ken, drinker, drinkery, gargle-factory, gin joint, groggery, local, nineteenth hole, pot-house, public house, rummery, saloon, tavern, watering hole
Antonyms: none provided
noun
A lounge bar in an English public house, contrasted with the public bar.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, dated
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
A car with a boot or trunk compartment separate from the driver/passenger space and with seating and doors for more than two people.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: sedan
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: car, auto, automobile, motor vehicle, vehicle
noun
The cabin area of a boat or yacht devoted to seated relaxation, often combined with dining table.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
the part of a rail carriage or multiple unit containing seating for passengers.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: rail-transport, railways, transport
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Dated form of salon (“living room in a house”).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, dated
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Synonyms: none provided
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noun
A barbershop (store offering haircuts).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: India, Nigeria
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noun
a room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: barroom, bar, ginmill, taproom
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: room
Narrower terms: barrelhouse, honky-tonk, cocktail lounge, sawdust saloon, speakeasy
noun
tavern consisting of a building with a bar and public rooms; often provides light meals
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: public house, pub, pothouse, gin mill, taphouse
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: tavern, tap house
Narrower terms: alehouse, free house
noun
a car that is closed and that has front and rear seats and two or four doors
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: sedan
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: car, auto, automobile, machine, motorcar
Narrower terms: brougham
History
From Occitan salon, French salon, either augmentative of salle (“room”), or borrowed from Italian salone (“hall”), augmentative form of sala, salla (“room”); in both cases borrowed from a Germanic source such as Old High German sal (“house, hall”), from Proto-Germanic *salą, from Proto-Indo-European *sel- (“dwelling”). Doublet of salon.
Across languages
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