/ səˈluːn; NAmE / noun
1.
(also saˈloon car ) (both BrE ) ( NAmE sedan ) a car with four doors and a boot / trunk (= space at the back for carrying things) which is separated from the part where the driver and passengers sit :
a five-seater family saloon
2.
(also saˈloon bar ) (both BrE ) = lounge bar
3.
a bar where alcoholic drinks were sold in the western US and Canada in the past
4.
a large comfortable room on a ship, used by the passengers to sit and relax in
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WORD ORIGIN
early 18th cent. (in the sense drawing room ): from French salon , from Italian salone large hall, augmentative of sala hall.