parlour
Formal reception room
Parlour is the British spelling of parlor—a room for receiving guests or conducting business.
The word evokes Victorian formality: a front parlour kept tidy for visitors while family life happened elsewhere.
It survives in compounds: ice cream parlour, funeral parlour, beauty parlour.
These businesses trade on old-fashioned charm or gentility, real or affected.
Formal reception room
- loungeComfortable waiting room
- setteeSmall upholstered seating furniture
- armchairUpholstered seat with supports
- sofaMulti-seat cushioned furniture
chandelier · mantelpiece · fireplace · hearth · curtains · drapery · bookshelf · carpet
Collection of people meeting
- conversationExchange of spoken ideas
- guestsPeople received hospitably
- hostingReceiving guests socially
- receptionAct of receiving guests
soiree · tea · visiting · entertaining · gossip · chat · calling-card · etiquette
Grooming establishment or gathering
- manicureCosmetic fingertip grooming
- pedicureCosmetic toenail care
- facialBeauty service for skin
- waxingCoating for shine
threading · hairstyling · cosmetology · makeover · exfoliation · skincare · treatment · pampering
Of a prim era
- EdwardianOf early twentieth-century Britain
- antiqueOld valued collectible
- heirloomInherited family treasure
- old-fashionedBelonging to earlier times
heritage · nostalgic · bygone · traditional · historical · timeless · restored · sepia
Facility housing corpses
- viewingAct of watching something
- casketBurial container
- embalmingPreserving dead bodies chemically
- visitationOfficial or formal visit
wake · bereavement · condolences · memorial · undertaker · mourning · chapel · arrangements
drawing-room
Formal reception room
- loungeComfortable waiting room
- setteeSmall upholstered seating furniture
- armchairUpholstered seat with supports
sofa · chandelier · mantelpiece · fireplace · hearth · curtains · drapery · bookshelf · carpet · parquet
gathering
Collection of people meeting
- conversationExchange of spoken ideas
- guestsPeople received hospitably
- hostingReceiving guests socially
reception · soiree · tea · visiting · entertaining · gossip · chat · calling-card · etiquette · hospitality
salon
Grooming establishment or gathering
waxing · threading · hairstyling · cosmetology · makeover · exfoliation · skincare · treatment · pampering · aesthetics
Victorian
Of a prim era
- EdwardianOf early twentieth-century Britain
- antiqueOld valued collectible
- heirloomInherited family treasure
old-fashioned · heritage · nostalgic · bygone · traditional · historical · timeless · restored · sepia · yesteryear
mortuary
Facility housing corpses
visitation · wake · bereavement · condolences · memorial · undertaker · mourning · chapel · arrangements · deceased
sundae
Dressed-up frozen dessert
gelato · counter · scoop · sprinkles · malt · parfait · booth · jukebox
- Victorian eraVictorian etiquette, etiquette, courtship, formal dining, gender roles
- Old-timey wordsicebox, gramophone, phonograph, horseless carriage, aeroplane
- spellingscolour, color, favour, favor, honour
- Victorian decorVictorian design, drawing room, fainting couch, ornate patterns, floral wallpaper
- old-fashioned wordsforsooth, hark, betwixt, hither, prithee
- Regency eraseason, patronesses, patroness, Prince Regent, Jane Austen
parlourden
Private room or lair
rec room · rumpus room · family room · man cave · basement
parlourworkshop
Place for making or learning
workroom · factory floor · garage · laundry room · tool shed
- icecream parlorFrozen dessert establishment
- ice cream parlorShop selling frozen treats
- pizza parlorRestaurant serving Italian pies
- funeral parlorMortuary service establishment
- tattoo parlorBusiness applying permanent skin designs
- beauty parlorCosmetic services establishment