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How to pronounce parlor in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms parlour
Type of reception room
Type Words
Synonyms front room, living-room, living room, parlour, sitting room
Type of room
Has types common room, morning room, salon

Examples of parlor

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Her Italian father ran a pizza parlor, her Irish mother operated a beauty salon.
From the businessweek.com
Obama later walked barefoot along the shore before visiting an ice cream parlor.
From the sacbee.com
He rushed to the site, which he described as a beer parlor frequented by locals.
From the cnn.com
If you run a funeral parlor, for instance, ads could come across as distasteful.
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A lot of people are intimidated by a traditional tattoo parlor, says Ms. Vegoda.
From the post-gazette.com
The hotel has 70 guest rooms, including seven parlor suites on the second floor.
From the inrich.com
The OTB parlor at Central Avenue and Fuller Road is gone, he added with a laugh.
From the timesunion.com
Massage Envy, a new massage parlor, is now up and running above the Melting Pot.
From the ocregister.com
Trying to figure out Vick's future has become a popular parlor game this summer.
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More examples
  • Reception room in an inn or club where visitors can be received
  • Living room: a room in a private house or establishment where people can sit and talk and relax
  • Parlour (or parlor), from the French word parloir, from parler ("to speak"), denotes an "audience chamber". In parts of the United Kingdom and the United States, parlours are common names for certain types of food service houses, restaurants (i.e. ...
  • A covered open-air patio; A room for lounging (especially for reading); a sitting-room; a drawing room; 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 the outside
  • The specialized area on the dairy farm where milking is performed. Parlors come in many types:
  • A room used primarily for conversation or the reception of guests.
  • Caboose. Parlor man or parlor maid is hind brakeman or flagman on freight train
  • In a monastery, a room in which religiousare allowed to speak with one another when silence should otherwise prevail in the cloister.
  • A room in a private home for entertaining visitors