Parlor

Noun

 * 1)  A covered open-air patio.
 * 2) A room for lounging (especially for reading); a sitting-room; a drawing room.
 * 3)  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.

Derived terms

 * beauty parlor
 * beer parlor
 * betting parlor
 * funeral parlor
 * massage parlor
 * parlormaid
 * parlor game

Adjectives for Parlor
wainscoted; fire-lit; ample; long; darkened.

Verbs for Parlor
arrange—; chat in—; confer in—; convene in—; converse in—; deck—; entertain in—; frame—; furnish—; invade—; prepare—; receive in—; retire to—; shoo from—; squire into—; stuff—.

Thesaurus
agency, atelier, barbershop, beauty parlor, beauty shop, bench, best room, butcher shop, company, concern, corporation, desk, drawing room, establishment, facility, firm, foreroom, front room, house, installation, institution, living room, loft, lounge, organization, reception room, salon, saloon, shop, sitting room, solarium, studio, sun parlor, sunroom, sweatshop, work site, work space, workbench, workhouse, working space, workplace, workroom, workshop, worktable

Etymology
parlour, parlur, parloir,  parlatorium.

Alternative forms

 * parlour

Translations

 * Esperanto:
 * German: Empfangszimmer, Salon, Sprechzimmer, Stube, Wohnzimmer


 * Norwegian: dagligstue, dagstue, stue
 * Swedish: vardagsrum
 * Turkish: oturma odası, salon