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beauty salon

American  
[byoo-tee suh-lon] / ˈbju ti səˌlɒn /

noun

beauty salons plural
  1. an establishment where people, especially women, go for hairdressing, manicures, or other cosmetic treatments.


beauty salon British  

noun

  1. an establishment providing women with services to improve their beauty, such as hairdressing, manicuring, facial treatment, and massage

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Etymology

Origin of beauty salon

An Americanism dating back to 1905–10

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Paramedics arrived to find one woman dead and that a car had crashed through the front of a beauty salon, according to NBC4.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026

Vera, a 42-year-old owner of a beauty salon in the Moscow region, said her supplies have "doubled in price" this year.

From Barron's • Jun. 5, 2026

She was crossing the border en route to Oman, where she lives and owns a beauty salon.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 22, 2026

Make-up artist Ravita Pannu has poured years of hard work into her beauty salon in Walsall.

From BBC • Nov. 2, 2025

She needs to save $10,000 to $15,000 to add a beauty salon to her mother’s house and send her three children to school.

From "Enrique's Journey" by Sonia Nazario

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