Thesaurus: saloon

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1. n. A spacious and elegant apartment for the reception of company or for works of art; a hall of reception, esp. a hall for public entertainments or amusements; a large room or parlor; as, the saloon of a steamboat.
2. n. Popularly, a public room for specific uses; esp., a barroom or grogshop; as, a drinking saloon; an eating saloon; a dancing saloon.
3. n. a room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter
4. n. tavern consisting of a building with a bar and public rooms; often provides light meals
5. n. a car that is closed and that has front and rear seats and two or four doors
6. 1. A spacious and elegant apartment for the reception of company or for works of art; a hall of reception, esp. a hall for public entertainments or amusements; a large room or parlor; as, the saloon of a steamboat. The gilden saloons in which the first magnates of the realm . . . gave banquets and balls. Macaulay. 2. Popularly, a public room for specific uses; esp., a barroom or grogshop; as, a drinking saloon; an eating saloon; a dancing saloon. We hear of no hells, or low music halls, or low dancing saloons [at Athens.] J. P. Mahaffy.
7. n:100 n a room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter n tavern consisting of a building with a bar and public rooms; often provides light meals n a car that is closed and that has front and rear seats and two or four doors