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SALOON
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter
Example:
he drowned his sorrows in whiskey at the bar
Synonyms:
bar; barroom; ginmill; saloon; taproom
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("saloon" is a kind of...):
room (an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "saloon"):
barrelhouse; honky-tonk (a cheap drinking and dancing establishment)
cocktail lounge (a barroom in a hotel or restaurant where cocktails are served)
sawdust saloon (a saloon whose floor is covered with sawdust)
speakeasy ((during prohibition) an illegal barroom)
Holonyms ("saloon" is a part of...):
gin mill; pothouse; pub; public house; saloon; taphouse (tavern consisting of a building with a bar and public rooms; often provides light meals)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Tavern consisting of a building with a bar and public rooms; often provides light meals
Synonyms:
gin mill; pothouse; pub; public house; saloon; taphouse
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("saloon" is a kind of...):
tap house; tavern (a building with a bar that is licensed to sell alcoholic drinks)
Meronyms (parts of "saloon"):
bar; barroom; ginmill; saloon; taproom (a room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter)
Domain region:
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)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "saloon"):
alehouse (a tavern where ale is sold)
free house (a public house that is not controlled by a brewery and so is free to sell different brands of beer and ale)
Sense 3
Meaning:
A car that is closed and that has front and rear seats and two or four doors
Synonyms:
saloon; sedan
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("saloon" is a kind of...):
auto; automobile; car; machine; motorcar (a motor vehicle with four wheels; usually propelled by an internal combustion engine)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "saloon"):
brougham (a sedan that has no roof over the driver's seat)
Context examples:
On reaching the house, they were shown through the hall into the saloon, whose northern aspect rendered it delightful for summer.
(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)
As a result, having learned the lesson well, White Fang was hard put whenever he passed the cross-roads saloon.
(White Fang, by Jack London)
He started for the village slowly and casually, increasing his pace in spite of himself as he neared the saloon.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
What were you doing, sir, up in that billiard saloon?
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
We cracked off the necks of the bottles, poured the stuff out into tumblers, and were just tossing them off, when in an instant without warning there came the roar of muskets in our ears, and the saloon was so full of smoke that we could not see across the table.
(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Thursday came: all work had been completed the previous evening; carpets were laid down, bed-hangings festooned, radiant white counterpanes spread, toilet tables arranged, furniture rubbed, flowers piled in vases: both chambers and saloons looked as fresh and bright as hands could make them.
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
On the way to town, hanging around the saloon at the cross-roads, were three dogs that made a practice of rushing out upon him when he went by.
(White Fang, by Jack London)
In the dining saloon, at luncheon, he found himself in the place of honor, at the captain's right; and he was not long in discovering that he was the great man on board.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
Begging your pardon, ma'am, it wasn't a billiard saloon, but a gymnasium, and I was taking a lesson in fencing.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
The crimson curtain hung before the arch: slight as was the separation this drapery formed from the party in the adjoining saloon, they spoke in so low a key that nothing of their conversation could be distinguished beyond a soothing murmur.
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
