sal‧on /ˈsælɒn $ səˈlɑːn/
noun [countable][
Date: 1600-1700;
Language: French;
Origin: ⇒ saloon]
1. a place where you can get your hair cut, have beauty treatments etc
Synonym : hairdresser’shair/beauty salon
an exclusive hair salon2. a shop where fashionable and expensive clothes are sold
3. old-fashioned a room in a very large house, where people can meet and talk
4. a regular meeting of famous people at which they talk about art, literature, or music, popular in the past in France:
a literary salon [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲
shop especially British English,
store especially American English a building or place where things are sold:
She's gone to the shops to get some milk. a clothes shop Our local store has sold out of sugar for making jam.boutique a small shop that sells fashionable clothes or other objects:
a little boutique which specializes in bath products.superstore British English a very large shop, especially one that is built outside the centre of a city:
Out -of-town superstores have taken business away from shops in the city centre.department store a very large shop that is divided into several big parts, each of which sells one type of thing, such as clothes, furniture, or kitchen equipment:
He went around all the big department stores in Oxford Street.supermarket (
also grocery store American English) a very large shop that sells food, drinks, and things that people need regularly in their homes:
Supermarkets have cut down the number of plastic bags they distribute by 50%.salon a shop where you can get your hair washed, cut curled etc
garden centre British English,
nursery especially American English a place that sells a wide range of plants, seeds, and things for your garden:
Your local garden centre can advise you on which plants to grow.outlet formal a shop that sells things for less than the usual price, especially things from a particular company or things of a particular type:
The book is available from most retail outlets.market an area, usually outdoors, where people buy and sell many different types of things:
I usually buy our vegetables at the market – they're much cheaper there.mall especially American English a large area where there are a lot of shops, especially a large building:
A new restaurant has opened at the mall. We used to hang around together at the mall.strip mall American English a row of shops built together, with a large area for parking cars in front of it:
Strip malls can seem rather impersonal. [TahlilGaran] English Thesaurus ▲