parlor
186
4.4
- noun
- /ˈpɑːrlər/
- US
:
salón
- He sits in a beautiful parlor with hundreds of books on the wall.
- the parlor
- parlor game
- the front parlor
He had Jesus off in the parlor and FDR on the dining room wall.
- He had Jesus off in the parlor and FDR on the dining room wall.
Examples
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The main floor had three bedrooms, a library, a parlor, and a parlor bedroom.
Academic text (2015) -
"Gracie!" she called as she walked back from the parlor towards the kitchen.
Fiction book (1990) -
So it added in things like the parlor and all.
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Nice money in the beauty parlor business.
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When I was a boy, -I would sit in a parlor -with my father and his cronies.
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From behind a closed door off the parlor comes the sound of a woman weeping.
Fiction book (1990) -
They sat down in the parlor of this house and Grant gave Lee the terms.
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Then my father went into the parlor and sat on the davenport.
Fiction book (1991) -
We sat in uneasy silence in a small downstairs parlor for perhaps fifteen minutes before Dickens reappeared.
Fiction book (1990) -
They sat down in the parlor of the house to enjoy tea and conversation.
Synonyms
∞
1.0
An area in a building with walls, a floor, and a ceiling
617
1.0
A room in a house where people relax and sit together, for example to watch TV
20
1.6
A room in a house where people sit and talk
20
4.2
A formal room where guests are received and entertained
16
1.2
A room at the front of a house where people sit, talk, and relax
10
4.5
A large elegant room in a house where guests meet
4
3.2
A room in a house or hotel where visitors wait and the host meets them
1
1.0
A small, comfortable room in a house for relaxing
A warm inner room in an old Scottish house where people sit and talk
Compounds
11
3.4
A place where dead people are kept and prepared before burial or cremation for family to visit and pay respects
- NSFW
8
5.6
A business where people go to get a massage to relax or ease pain, sometimes offering illegal sexual services
- Archaic
1
4.9
A room where people play games on a long table with balls and sticks, like pool
How Formal
- Archaic
20
4.2
- US
186
4.4
- UK
20
1.6
617
1.0
27
1.0
Surface Forms
Etymology
Parlor comes from the old French verb parler, which means 'to speak'. So a parlor was originally a room for talking and meeting guests, and that is why today it still means a room where people sit and talk.