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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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"If you do a really great job, people will recommend you," she says and she soon opened a tiny beauty salon that became booked up months in advance.

From BBC Jul. 29, 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

ADS cited one case where a person had a £725 procedure at a beauty salon.

From BBC Dec. 8, 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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