saloon
Plural: saloons
Noun
- A public room or building for drinking and socializing; a tavern.
- a room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter
- tavern consisting of a building with a bar and public rooms; often provides light meals
- a car that is closed and that has front and rear seats and two or four doors
- A tavern, especially in an American Old West setting.
- A lounge bar in an English public house, contrasted with the public bar.
- A car with a boot or trunk compartment separate from the driver/passenger space; a sedan.
- The cabin area of a boat or yacht devoted to seated relaxation, often combined with dining table.
- the part of a rail carriage or multiple unit containing seating for passengers.
- Dated form of salon (“living room in a house”).
- A barbershop (store offering haircuts).
Examples
- A pint of beer in the saloon bar costs a penny more than in the public bar.
- He joked that their Words With Friends app was their digital saloon, where friends gathered.
Origin / Etymology
From Occitan salon, French salon, either augmentative of salle (“room”), or borrowed from Italian salone (“hall”), augmentative form of sala, salla (“room”); in both cases borrowed from a Germanic source such as Old High German sal (“house, hall”), from Proto-Germanic *salą, from Proto-Indo-European *sel- (“dwelling”). Doublet of salon.
Scrabble Score: 6
saloon: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordsaloon: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
saloon: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 8
saloon: valid Words With Friends Word