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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Prosecutors presented surveillance video from the day of the fatal shooting at the family's hair salon in northwest Miami-Dade.
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Ivan Taylor, CBS News, 11 Feb. 2026
Vendor lined streets, nail salons, family celebrations — even an apparently real wedding — offered recurring notes of connection and identity.
—Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board, The Orlando Sentinel, 11 Feb. 2026
The listening rooms, salons, murals that may have once bloomed in Brooklyn will likely find their roots in other, more affordable cities.
—Naomi Jackson, Curbed, 11 Feb. 2026
Aaron’s father Hai Nam Vu testified during Ragan’s recent trial, recounting how an ordinary Friday at the nail salon turned into an afternoon of terror when two gunmen burst in and demanded money and jewelry from the salon’s customers and employees.
—Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 11 Feb. 2026
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Ivan Taylor, CBS News, 11 Feb. 2026
Vendor lined streets, nail salons, family celebrations — even an apparently real wedding — offered recurring notes of connection and identity.
—Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board, The Orlando Sentinel, 11 Feb. 2026
The listening rooms, salons, murals that may have once bloomed in Brooklyn will likely find their roots in other, more affordable cities.
—Naomi Jackson, Curbed, 11 Feb. 2026
Aaron’s father Hai Nam Vu testified during Ragan’s recent trial, recounting how an ordinary Friday at the nail salon turned into an afternoon of terror when two gunmen burst in and demanded money and jewelry from the salon’s customers and employees.
—Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 11 Feb. 2026
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“Salon.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/salon. Accessed 15 Feb. 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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