0 a business that provides a stated type of personal service or sells a stated product: --
1 (especially in the past) a room in a private house used for relaxing, especially one that was kept clean and neat for entertaining guests: --
the front parlor
2 a store that sells a stated product, or a business that provides a stated service: --
3 a room in a private house used esp. for entertaining guests: --
the front parlor
Woodwork, especially a mantel in the parlor, is also preserved.
The train consisted of 1 parlour car and 2 second class coaches pulled by two vintage steam locomotives that took tourists through rugged mountainous terrain.
The dining room and parlor both have their original, hand-carved mantels.
These people in their humble little parlour, are real and living.
A dozen parlors were orientated on the first floor.
He goes to an illegal gambling parlor and starts betting.
The rooms are furnished like a parlor which is cluttered with all sorts of easy chairs, sofas, chaise longues and settees, each covered with a white spread.
Taking clients to the funeral parlor prior to the service is often helpful in decreasing anxiety about what to expect and gives them the opportunity to ask questions.
