SALOON

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does saloon mean? 

• SALOON (noun)
  The noun SALOON has 3 senses:

1. a room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter

2. tavern consisting of a building with a bar and public rooms; often provides light meals

3. a car that is closed and that has front and rear seats and two or four doors

  Familiarity information: SALOON used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SALOON (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

bar; barroom; ginmill; saloon; taproom

Context example:

he drowned his sorrows in whiskey at the bar

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

gin mill; pothouse; pub; public house; saloon; taphouse

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

saloon; sedan

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 

No, I was glad that you were not in the saloon, because I hope you never go to such places.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

“In the private saloon, Sir Charles,” said the gentleman addressed.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

The men at the saloon even urged the dogs on to attack White Fang.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

When Darcy returned to the saloon, Miss Bingley could not help repeating to him some part of what she had been saying to his sister.

(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)

The swing skylights above the saloon table had been a bit open, and they had fired on us through the slit.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Concerning that night’s ride, the man spoke most eloquently for himself, in a little shed back of a saloon on the San Francisco water front.

(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)

Fortunately there was another entrance to the drawing-room than that through the saloon where they were all seated at dinner.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

It was the usual two-story corner building, with a saloon and grocery underneath.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

I am writing these last lines in the saloon of the Booth liner Francisca, and they will go back by the pilot to the keeping of Mr. McArdle.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

I immediately saw that there could be no difficulty in it, so I said, 'My dear Lady Elliott, do not be uneasy. The dining parlour will admit eighteen couple with ease; card-tables may be placed in the drawing-room; the library may be open for tea and other refreshments; and let the supper be set out in the saloon.'

(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)