1
: an elegant apartment or living room (as in a fashionable home)
2
: a fashionable assemblage of notables (such as literary figures, artists, or statesmen) held by custom at the home of a prominent person
3
a
: a hall for exhibition of art
b
capitalized
: an annual exhibition of works of art
4
: a stylish business establishment or shop
a beauty salon
Examples of salon in a Sentence
at its headquarters the company maintains a fashionable salon filled with works of modern art
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There's a music section with a piano, a makeshift hair salon, and plenty of books about influential Black history-makers.
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Kassidy Arena, NPR, 25 Feb. 2025
Knowles, who is also the company’s vice chairwoman, once owned a hair salon.
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At the salon, Grenia recommends asking for long layers with a blunt baseline and internal texturing to successfully achieve the look.
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Kassidy Arena, NPR, 25 Feb. 2025
Knowles, who is also the company’s vice chairwoman, once owned a hair salon.
—Hannah Malach, WWD, 24 Feb. 2025
At the salon, Grenia recommends asking for long layers with a blunt baseline and internal texturing to successfully achieve the look.
—Ariana Quihuiz, People.com, 22 Feb. 2025
The thoughtful move means Baus no longer has to book expensive spray tan sessions at a salon.
—Tom Rogers, Newsweek, 21 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for salon
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“Salon.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/salon. Accessed 10 Mar. 2025.
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salon
noun
sa·lon
sə-ˈlän 
ˈsal-ˌän
1
: an apartment or living room of stylish design
2
: a social gathering held in a salon
3
a
: an art gallery
b
: an annual exhibition of art
4
: a stylish business establishment
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