parlour

Noun

Meaning

a room in a private house or establishment where people can sit and talk and relax

reception room in an inn or club where visitors can be received

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

parlor living room sitting room front room hall skybox salon bar shop lobby lounge mezzanine clubroom common room reception room

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Hypernyms

room reception room

Hyponyms

salon common room morning room

Phrases with the word

parlour maid cream parlour tea parlour pool parlour hairdresser's parlour billiards parlour

Examples

I checked myself out in that funeral parlour scene. I saw myself laughing, because there was a shot of Ed and I together and Mary was right in back of us. My head turned from the camera and I saw myself laughing, because Mary was absolutely brilliant in that thing. Gavin MacLeod

Will you walk into my parlour?" said a spider to a fly; "'T is the prettiest little parlour that ever you did spy. Mary Howitt

Walk into my parlour said the spider to the fly. Alexander Mackenzie

I should prefer to have a politician who regularly went to a massage parlour than one who promised a laptop computer for every teacher. A. N. Wilson

Flattery sits in the parlour when plain dealing is kicked out of doors. Yiddish Proverb

Flattery sits in the parlour when plain dealing is kicked out of doors. Turkish Proverb

Close letter words and terms

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