salon
This term encompasses three distinct social and commercial spaces. In a modern commercial sense, it refers to a business specializing in aesthetic care, carrying a connotation of luxury, grooming, and personal maintenance. Historically and architecturally, it describes a space for intellectual exchange or formal reception. The intellectual salon evokes an image of high-society gatherings where art, politics, and philosophy were debated in a refined, private setting.
Meanings
An establishment where customers pay for hair styling, manicures, and other beauty treatments.
"She has an appointment at the hair salon at three o'clock."
A gathering of people, typically intellectuals or artists, in a private home for conversation and social interaction.
"The 18th-century Parisian salon was a hub for Enlightenment philosophy."