1
: an elegant apartment or living room (as in a fashionable home)
2
: a fashionable assemblage of notables (such as literary figures, artists, or statesmen) held by custom at the home of a prominent person
3
a
: a hall for exhibition of art
b
Salon
: an annual exhibition of works of art
4
: a stylish business establishment or shop
a beauty salon
Examples of salon in a Sentence
at its headquarters the company maintains a fashionable salon filled with works of modern art
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My guide in East Palestine was Kenny, a friend of JK’s and the proprietor of Styles by Kenneth, a hair salon.
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Mary Norris, New Yorker, 1 May 2026
Nationwide hair removal salon chain European Wax Center has agreed to a multimillion-dollar settlement to resolve a class-action lawsuit that alleges the company used tracking technologies to collect consumers' information.
—Fernando Cervantes Jr, USA Today, 1 May 2026
The model itself came up as much as the work, with an emphasis on mentorship, salons, and slower growth.
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Next to the Pollock was a Picasso that once hung in the Paris salon run by Gertrude Stein, who held onto it until her death.
—Nate Freeman, Vanity Fair, 1 May 2026
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Mary Norris, New Yorker, 1 May 2026
Nationwide hair removal salon chain European Wax Center has agreed to a multimillion-dollar settlement to resolve a class-action lawsuit that alleges the company used tracking technologies to collect consumers' information.
—Fernando Cervantes Jr, USA Today, 1 May 2026
The model itself came up as much as the work, with an emphasis on mentorship, salons, and slower growth.
—Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 1 May 2026
Next to the Pollock was a Picasso that once hung in the Paris salon run by Gertrude Stein, who held onto it until her death.
—Nate Freeman, Vanity Fair, 1 May 2026
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“Salon.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/salon. Accessed 6 May. 2026.
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salon
noun
sa·lon
sə-ˈlän 
ˈsal-ˌän
1
: an apartment or living room of stylish design
2
: a social gathering held in a salon
3
a
: an art gallery
b
: an annual exhibition of art
4
: a stylish business establishment
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