saloon meaning

saloon as a noun

1. a room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter
   • he drowned his sorrows in whiskey at the bar

   Synonyms: barroom, bar, ginmill, taproom

   Type of: room

   Kinds: barrelhouse, cocktail lounge, sawdust saloon, speakeasy

2. tavern consisting of a building with a bar and public rooms; often provides light meals

   Synonyms: public house, pub, pothouse, gin mill, taphouse

   Type of: tavern

   Kinds: alehouse, free house

3. a car that is closed and that has front and rear seats and two or four doors

   Synonyms: sedan

   Type of: car

   Kinds: brougham

saloon in a sentence

• The shopping center has restaurants, a gym, a nail saloon, and a laundromat.
• The stable is next to the saloon.
• The local government closed all bars and saloons.
• The cowboy entered the saloon.
• I want to buy a saloon.

How to pronounce saloon

saloon is pronounced /səˈlun/ in American English. It has 2 syllables, with the stress on the second syllable.

Words that rhyme with saloon

• boon
• moon
• tune
• maroon
• balloon
• platoon
• afternoon
• coon
• dune
• noon
• soon
• croon
• spoon
• swoon
• attune
• cocoon
• lagoon
• buffoon
• cartoon
• lampoon
• monsoon
• goon
• hewn
• poon