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salon

salon

115 1.5
A shop where people have their hair cut or beauty treatments
  • noun
  • /səˈlɑn/
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  • But I usually go to this really cute African braiding salon by my house.
  • hair salon
  • beauty salon
  • tanning salon

And that is how you get a salon blowout at home.

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Examples

  • I'm at the hair salon right now.

  • My friend and I own a hair salon downtown.

  • I would see you at our hair salon with your mom.

  • Jazz watched them from the beauty salon next door to the apartment building.

    Fiction book (1995)
  • I'll call the salon as soon as it opens and get back to you.

    Fiction book (1999)
  • Susan has gone to the beauty salon.

  • He runs a make up and hair salon.

  • I need a trip to the nail salon like ASAP.

  • I am the bookkeeper for a chain of hair salons.

  • My friend and I own a salon downtown that offers haircuts and facials.

Synonyms

barbershop
vssalon
48 1.0

A shop where men get their hair cut and beards trimmed

is for all genders offering hair and beauty treatments rather than only male grooming
beauty parlor
vssalon
  • US
17 2.3

A shop where people get their hair, skin, and nails done

is broader, focusing on general hair and beauty care rather than cosmetics
beauty salon
vssalon
11 1.7

A shop where people go for hair, face, and nail treatments

is the general name for the same place offering those services
beauty shop
vssalon
  • US
4 1.3

A place where hairdressers cut and style hair and give treatments for skin and nails

is broader, covering hair and beauty treatments generally
tonsorial parlor
vssalon
  • Archaic
9.9

A shop where men get haircuts and shaves

is limited to male clients, not the mixed hair and beauty services for everyone

Compounds

11 1.7

A shop where people go for hair, face, and nail treatments

How Upscale

spa
161 1.0
salon
115 1.5
beauty salon
11 1.7
barbershop
48 1.0

Surface Forms

salon singular
salons plural

Etymology

Salon comes from the French word salon, which originally meant 'large room' or 'hall'. Because people used salons to meet, talk, and be seen, the word later came to mean a shop for hair and beauty, so a salon is a place for hair and beauty treatments.