saloon : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: saloon	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for saloon
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
saloon n a room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter; "he drowned his sorrows in whiskey at the bar" Synonym(s): barroom, bar, saloon, ginmill, taproom tavern consisting of a building with a bar and public rooms; often provides light meals Synonym(s): public house, pub, saloon, pothouse, gin mill, taphouse a car that is closed and that has front and rear seats and two or four doors Synonym(s): sedan, saloon
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Saloon \Saloon"\ (s[adot]l[oomac]n"), n. [F. salon (cf. It. salone), fr. F. salle a large room, a hall, of German or Dutch origin; cf. OHG. sal house, hall, G. saal; akin to AS. s[91]l, sele, D. zaal, Icel. salr, Goth. saljan to dwell, and probably to L. solum ground. Cf. {Sole} of the foot, {Soil} ground, earth.] 1. A spacious and elegant apartment for the reception of company or for works of art; a hall of reception, esp. a hall for public entertainments or amusements; a large room or parlor; as, the saloon of a steamboat. The gilden saloons in which the first magnates of the realm . . . gave banquets and balls. --Macaulay. 2. Popularly, a public room for specific uses; esp., a barroom or grogshop; as, a drinking saloon; an eating saloon; a dancing saloon. We hear of no hells, or low music halls, or low dancing saloons [at Athens.] --J. P. Mahaffy.