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sa·loon

 (sə-lo͞on′)
n.
1. A place where alcoholic drinks are sold and drunk; a tavern.
2. A large room or hall for receptions, public entertainment, or exhibitions.
3. Nautical
a. The officers' dining and social room on a cargo ship.
b. A large social lounge on a passenger ship.
4. Chiefly British A sedan automobile.
[French salon, salon; see salon.]
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saloon

(səˈluːn)
n
1. Also called: saloon bar Brit another word for lounge5
2. (Nautical Terms) a large public room on a passenger ship
3. any large public room used for a specific purpose: a dancing saloon.
4. chiefly US and Canadian a place where alcoholic drink is sold and consumed
5. (Automotive Engineering) a closed two-door or four-door car with four to six seats. US, Canadian, and NZ name: sedan
6. an obsolete word for salon1
[C18: from French salon]
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sa•loon

(səˈlun)

n.
1. barroom.
2. a large cabin for the common use of passengers on a passenger vessel.
[1720–30; variant of salon]
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saloon

(automobile) sedan
Dictionary of Unfamiliar Words by Diagram Group Copyright © 2008 by Diagram Visual Information Limited
ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.saloon - a room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a countersaloon - a room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter; "he drowned his sorrows in whiskey at the bar"
bar, barroom, ginmill, taproom
barrelhouse, honky-tonk - a cheap drinking and dancing establishment
cocktail lounge - a barroom in a hotel or restaurant where cocktails are served
gin mill, pothouse, pub, public house, taphouse, saloon - tavern consisting of a building with a bar and public rooms; often provides light meals
room - an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling; "the rooms were very small but they had a nice view"
sawdust saloon - a saloon whose floor is covered with sawdust
speakeasy - (during prohibition) an illegal barroom
2.saloon - tavern consisting of a building with a bar and public roomssaloon - tavern consisting of a building with a bar and public rooms; often provides light meals
gin mill, pothouse, pub, public house, taphouse
alehouse - a tavern where ale is sold
bar, barroom, ginmill, saloon, taproom - a room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter; "he drowned his sorrows in whiskey at the bar"
free house - a public house that is not controlled by a brewery and so is free to sell different brands of beer and ale
tap house, tavern - a building with a bar that is licensed to sell alcoholic drinks
Britain, Great Britain, U.K., UK, United Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland - a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; `Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom
3.saloon - a car that is closed and that has front and rear seats and two or four doorssaloon - a car that is closed and that has front and rear seats and two or four doors
sedan
brougham - a sedan that has no roof over the driver's seat
auto, automobile, car, motorcar, machine - a motor vehicle with four wheels; usually propelled by an internal combustion engine; "he needs a car to get to work"
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حانَهسَيّارة صالونسِيَّارَةٌ صَالُونعَرَبَة الأكْل
sedanhostinecsalón
sedanværtshusbarsalon
henkilöauto
limuzina
barborîsalurlokuî fólksbifreiî
セダン
승용차
sedanas
bārslimuzīnssalonssedanszāle
salong
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saloon

[səˈluːn]
A. N
1. (Brit) (= car) → turismo m
2. (= room) billiard/dancing saloon → sala f or salón m de billar/de baile
3. (US) (= bar) → taberna f, bar m, cantina f (esp Mex)
4. (on ship) → salón m
B. CPD saloon car N (Brit) → turismo m
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

saloon

[səˈluːn] n
(US) (= bar) → bar m
(British) (= car) → berline f
(= ship's lounge) → salon msaloon car n (British) → berline f
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

saloon

n
→ Saal m; (Naut) → Salon m
(Brit Aut) → Limousine f; (in motor racing) → Tourenwagen m
(US dated) (= bar) → Wirtschaft f; (in Westerns) → Saloon m

saloon

:
saloon bar
n (Brit) vornehmerer Teil eines Lokals
saloon car
n (Brit) → Limousine f
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

saloon

[səˈluːn] n
a. (on ship) → sala, salone m
b. (Brit) (car) → berlina
c. (Am) (bar) → saloon m inv, bar m inv (Brit) (also saloon bar) → bar (in pub, hotel)
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

saloon

(səˈluːn) noun
1. a large public room on a ship. the dining-saloon.cámara, salón
2. (American seˈdan) a motor car with enclosed seating space for driver and at least three passengers. turismo
3. a place where alcoholic drinks are sold. The police searched in all the saloons for the thief.bar
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.

saloon

→ salón
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