[sa.lon] n [F] (1699) 1: an elegant apartment or living room (as in a fashionable home)
2: a fashionable assemblage of notables (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 cap: an annual exhibition of works of art
4: a stylish business establishment or shop "a beauty ~"