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PARLOUR definition: 1. a business that provides a stated type of personal service or sells a stated product: 2…. Learn more.
A parlour (or parlor) is a reception room or public space. In medieval Christian Europe, the "outer parlour" was the room where the monks or nuns conducted business with those outside the monastery and the "inner parlour" was used for necessary conversation between resident members.
1. countable noun. A parlour is a room in a house for sitting in. [old-fashioned] 2. countable noun [noun NOUN] Parlour is used in the names of some types of shops which provide a service, rather than selling things. ...a funeral parlour. ...a notorious massage parlour. Synonyms: establishment, shop, store, salon More Synonyms of parlour.
Definition of parlour noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
1. : a room used primarily for conversation or the reception of guests: such as. a. : a room in a private dwelling for the entertainment of guests. b. : a conference chamber or private reception room. c. : a room in an inn, hotel, or club for conversation or semiprivate uses. 2. : any of various business places. a funeral parlor. a beauty parlor.
( especially in the past) a room in a private house used for relaxing, especially one that was kept clean and neat for entertaining guests: the front parlor. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. (Definition of parlor from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press) parlor | American Dictionary.
noun. old-fashioned. a living room, esp one kept tidy for the reception of visitors. a reception room in a priest's house, convent, etc. a small room for guests away from the public rooms in an inn, club, etc. a room or shop equipped as a place of business. a billiard parlor. a small shop, esp one selling cakes and nonalcoholic drinks.
noun. a room in a private house or establishment where people can sit and talk and relax. synonyms: front room, living room, living-room, parlor, sitting room. see more. noun. reception room in an inn or club where visitors can be received. synonyms: parlor. see more.
A shop or business premises (originally one comfortably or lavishly furnished and decorated) which provides a particular service or commodity. Usually with distinguishing word, as beauty, beer, funeral, ice-cream, pizza parlour, etc. 1863. Ladies ige cream [sic] parlor!
parlour, US parlor /ˈpɑːlə/ n. old-fashioned a living room, esp one kept tidy for the reception of visitors. a reception room in a priest's house, convent, etc. a small room for guests away from the public rooms in an inn, club, etc.
