1
: a room used primarily for conversation or the reception of guests: such as
a
: a room in a private dwelling for the entertainment of guests
b
: a conference chamber or private reception room
c
: a room in an inn, hotel, or club for conversation or semiprivate uses
2
: any of various business places
a funeral parlor
a beauty parlor
1
: used in or suitable for a parlor
parlor furniture
2
a
: fostered or advocated in comfortable seclusion without consequent action or application to affairs
parlor bolshevism
b
: given to or characterized by fostering or advocating something (such as a doctrine) in such a manner
parlor socialist
Synonyms
Examples of parlor in a Sentence
Noun
an ice cream parlor with an old-timey theme
Recent Examples on the Web
Chadner Navarro, Travel + Leisure, 9 Apr. 2024
Vic’s and Gunther’s support each other Vic’s isn’t the only longstanding ice cream parlor in Sacramento.
—Jacqueline Pinedo, Sacramento Bee, 28 Mar. 2024
Photo : Open Homes Photography Formal Living Room The double parlor.
—Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 19 Mar. 2024
Once in Wisconsin, José and his son moved into a room above a milking parlor, the barn where cows are milked day and night.
—Melissa Sanchez, ProPublica, 29 Feb. 2024
In the restaurant’s gilded ice-cream parlor, diners availed themselves of eleven flavors, along with Irish coffee and lemon ice doused in vodka.
—Lauren Collins, The New Yorker, 1 Apr. 2024
Between the pizza parlor and the bustling pepperoni roll business, the family was stretched thin, each working more than a hundred hours a week.
—Kylie Martin, Detroit Free Press, 11 Mar. 2024
From a tranquil second-story Japanese tea parlor in the East Village to a charming British-run restaurant serving up traditional fare that’s been a West Village staple since the ‘90s, there’s plenty to choose from.
—Nicole Kliest, Vogue, 26 Feb. 2024
Add other aromatics to the sauce, or top the pie with your favorite pizza parlor ingredients, then add a cloak of melty cheese.
—Rita Nader Heikenfeld, The Enquirer, 17 Feb. 2024
Anna Webb, idahostatesman, 14 Apr. 2017
Noun
The 63-room property, the first members club-hotel hybrid in the city, comes with multiple restaurants (including one in the members club and a fabulous rooftop pizza parlor that regularly hosts events), a gym with a ton of equipment, and a pool.
—Chadner Navarro, Travel + Leisure, 9 Apr. 2024
Vic’s and Gunther’s support each other Vic’s isn’t the only longstanding ice cream parlor in Sacramento.
—Jacqueline Pinedo, Sacramento Bee, 28 Mar. 2024
Photo : Open Homes Photography Formal Living Room The double parlor.
—Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 19 Mar. 2024
Once in Wisconsin, José and his son moved into a room above a milking parlor, the barn where cows are milked day and night.
—Melissa Sanchez, ProPublica, 29 Feb. 2024
In the restaurant’s gilded ice-cream parlor, diners availed themselves of eleven flavors, along with Irish coffee and lemon ice doused in vodka.
—Lauren Collins, The New Yorker, 1 Apr. 2024
Between the pizza parlor and the bustling pepperoni roll business, the family was stretched thin, each working more than a hundred hours a week.
—Kylie Martin, Detroit Free Press, 11 Mar. 2024
From a tranquil second-story Japanese tea parlor in the East Village to a charming British-run restaurant serving up traditional fare that’s been a West Village staple since the ‘90s, there’s plenty to choose from.
—Nicole Kliest, Vogue, 26 Feb. 2024
Add other aromatics to the sauce, or top the pie with your favorite pizza parlor ingredients, then add a cloak of melty cheese.
—Rita Nader Heikenfeld, The Enquirer, 17 Feb. 2024
Adjective
Kyle Green kgreen@idahostatesman.com
Parlor bird cage at the Jones/Eld house in East Boise.
—Anna Webb, idahostatesman, 14 Apr. 2017
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“Parlor.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/parlor. Accessed 19 Apr. 2024.
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