Webster's English Dictionarysalon
sa.lon \sa-'lo-n, -'la:n; 'sal-.o-n; 1-3 also, 4 usu\ n [F]s*-'la:n, 'sal-.a:n 1: an elegant apartment or living room (as in a fashionable French home) 2: a fashionable assemblage of notables (as literary figures, artists, or s tatesmen) held by custom at the home of a prominent person 3a: a hall for exhibition of art cap 3b: an annual exhibition of such works 4: a stylish business establishment or shop