SALON, a large room in which guests are received [n]
An establishment where a hairdresser, beautician, or couturier conducts business
A reception room in a large house
A regular social gathering of eminent people (esp. writers and artists) at the house of a woman prominent in high society
A meeting of intellectuals or other eminent people at the invitation of a celebrity or socialite
An annual exhibition of the work of living artists held by the Royal Academy of Painting and Sculpture in Paris, originally in the Salon d'Apollon in the Louvre in 1667