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: Pâ Pæ Pè Pé Pœ P- P. P/ P< Pa Pb Pc Pd Pe Pf Ph Pi Pj Pk Pl Pm Pn Po Pp Pr Ps Pt Pu Pv Pw Px Py
parlor game |
parlor grand |
parlor grand piano |
parlor match |
parlormaid |
Parlour
| parlour car
| parlour game
| parlour grand
| parlour grand piano
| parlourmaid
Parlour
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun Parlour has 2 senses
- parlour(n = noun.artifact) parlor - reception room in an inn or club where visitors can be received; Array is a kind of reception room
- parlour(n = noun.artifact) front room, living room, living-room, parlor, sitting room - a room in a private house or establishment where people can sit and talk and relax; Array has particulars: common room, morning room, salon
is a part of abode, domicile, dwelling, dwelling house, habitation, home
is a kind of room
CIDE DICTIONARY
Parlour, n.
- Same as parlor. [WordNet 1.5]
- A room in an inn or club where visitors can be received. [WordNet 1.5]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
Parlour, n. (US parlor)
1 a sitting-room in a private house.
2 a room in a hotel, convent, etc., for the private use of residents.
3 esp. US a shop providing specified goods or services (beauty parlour; ice-cream parlour).
4 a room or building equipped for milking cows.
5 (attrib.) derog. denoting support for political views by those who do not try to practise them (parlour socialist).
1 a sitting-room in a private house.
2 a room in a hotel, convent, etc., for the private use of residents.
3 esp. US a shop providing specified goods or services (beauty parlour; ice-cream parlour).
4 a room or building equipped for milking cows.
5 (attrib.) derog. denoting support for political views by those who do not try to practise them (parlour socialist).
Idiom
parlour game an indoor game, esp. a word game. parlour-maid hist. a maid who waits at table.
Etymology
ME f. AF parlur, OF parleor, parleur: see PARLANCE
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