saloon
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3.6
- noun
- /səˈlun/
- UK
:
sedán
- The top deck had outdoor spaces lined with deck chairs and covered by a roof, additional staterooms, and a saloon.
- saloon car
- big saloon
- dining saloon
So it cost as much as a medium sized saloon car just for this output device.
- So it cost as much as a medium sized saloon car just for this output device.
- He said it was a guy with a big Afro, a black guy who peeled out in a dark sedan.
- Maybe the Google's government will fall after all, Wagner thought as he was ushered into the waiting staff sedan.
- Dodge Ram and right over there's the apple of our eye, JD Power and Associates best class mid sized sedan.
Examples
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He prefers driving a saloon because of its comfortable seating and large trunk.
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The family packed their luggage into the spacious saloon for their holiday trip.
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You got a saloon across the street.
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Are we going in a saloon?
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There is a road block ahead and a Spectrum Saloon behind you.
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Bill kept his foot down, feeling the weight of the big saloon slice through the fresh air.
Fiction book (1998) -
Not bad for a 50-year-old saloon weighing a ton and a half!
Blog text (28) -
My 07 S4 saloon with a manual transmission is a wonderful car.
Blog text (24) -
As Bill pushed the big saloon up onto the M9 motorway, curtains of near-solid precipitation were pulled around them.
Fiction book (1998) -
But in short, it's a MkII Cortina Super Saloon from the '60s with a V8.
Blog text (26)
Synonyms
77
2.4
A passenger car with a closed body and a separate trunk
Compounds
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Etymology
Saloon for a car comes from the same idea of a 'room'. Early closed passenger cars were like small rooms, so a saloon became the name for a four-door car with a separate passenger area, the British term for a 'sedan'.