parlor – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
parlor
n.
sitting room, living room; guest room; lounge, salon
Parlour
Parlor (or
parlour) is a name used for a variety of different
reception rooms and public spaces in different historical periods.
parlor
Noun
1. reception room in an inn or club where visitors can be received
(synonym) parlour
(hypernym) reception room
2. a room in a private house or establishment where people can sit and talk and relax
(synonym) living room, living-room, sitting room, front room, parlour
(hypernym) room
(hyponym) common room
(part-holonym) dwelling, home, domicile, abode, habitation, dwelling house
Parlor
(n.)
The apartment in a monastery or nunnery where the inmates are permitted to meet and converse with each other, or with visitors and friends from without.
(n.)
In large private houses, a sitting room for the family and for familiar guests, -- a room for less formal uses than the drawing-room. Esp., in modern times, the dining room of a house having few apartments, as a London house, where the dining parlor is usually on the ground floor.
(n.)
Commonly, in the United States, a drawing-room, or the room where visitors are received and entertained.
(n.)
A room for business or social conversation, for the reception of guests, etc.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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Parlor
a word in English usage meaning the common room of the family, and hence probably in Authorized Version denoting the king's audience-chamber, so used in reference to Eglon. (Judges 3:20-25)
Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884) , by William Smith.
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