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# parlor

«parlor» in Mova's school dictionary: **an old word for a sitting room in a house where guests…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (parlors)

### meaning for a pupil

A parlor is an old word for a sitting room in a house where guests were received. It is the American spelling of «parlour». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/parlor/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

in old houses and mills in stories, a room where a cat sits and hears the news

### examples

- The cat sat in the parlor by the fire. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/parlor/#x1)
- «What is the news?» asked the parlor-cat. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/parlor/#x2)
- The guests waited in the parlor. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/parlor/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «parlor» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/parlor/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.