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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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In 2024, Ffion decided to become self-employed, renting a room at a beauty salon and chose to treat both men and women, seeing it as a niche in the town.

From BBC Aug. 30, 2026

She and some younger relatives, all decked out in different styles of Mexico soccer jerseys, had just finished line dancing outside a beauty salon that had set up an impromptu sound system.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 6, 2026

Ruger is headquartered in a nondescript two-story office block in Southport, Conn., next to a massage parlor and beauty salon.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 21, 2026

But the conflict has affected all corners of life in Russia -- even splitting the beauty salon outside Moscow where she works.

From Barron's Feb. 23, 2026

I flip back to the spread about Miss Rose-Meta and her beauty salon in Harlem.

From "Betty Before X" by Ilyasah Shabazz and Renée Watson

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