[Elamur Dictionary](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/parlour/)

[dictionaries](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [English](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/) / [P](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/p/) / parlour

# parlour

noun (a parlour, parlours); US spelling parlor

«parlour» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. (old) A sitting room in a house kept for receiving visitors or for the family to relax in. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/parlour/#m1)
2. A shop or business giving a certain service: an ice-cream parlour, a beauty parlour, a funeral parlour. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/parlour/#m2)
3. (farming) A milking parlour is the building where cows are milked. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/parlour/#m3)

### In the lessons

In old books, the parlour is the best room of a house. In The Wind in the Willows, Mole's little home, Mole End, has a parlour, and Badger's home and Toad Hall have fine rooms; the word shows a cosy, old-fashioned home. In modern life, an ice-cream parlour is a fun place to visit. A funeral parlour is where the body of a person who has died is looked after before a funeral. Phrases: «parlour game» (an indoor party game like charades).

### Examples

- We had sundaes at the ice-cream parlour. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/parlour/#x1)
- Grandma's parlour had a piano and lace curtains. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/parlour/#x2)
- The cows walk into the milking parlour twice a day. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/parlour/#x3)
- We played parlour games at the Christmas party. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/parlour/#x4)
- The visitors were shown into the parlour. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/parlour/#x5)
- The funeral parlour was quiet and calm. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/parlour/#x6)
- Then they began to run, rushed into the parlour, and threw themselves round their father’s neck. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/parlour/#x7)

### Note

UK/Ireland/Australia/NZ/Canada spelling parlour; US spelling parlor. Countable.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «parlour» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/parlour/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«parlour» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/parlour.html) on Mova free.