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barbershop

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English

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A barber cutting a boy's hair in a barbershop.

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Etymology

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Compound of barber +‎ shop.

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Noun

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barbershop (countable and uncountable, plural barbershops)

  1. (countable) The place of business of a barber; a store where a person (usually a male) can go to get a haircut.
    Synonyms: barber's, (India) saloon, (obsolete) shaving house
    Hypernym: (UK) hairdresser's
    Coordinate term: beauty parlor
  2. (uncountable, music) A style of a cappella vocal music, sung in four-part harmony, typically by a quartet of men.

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Verb

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barbershop (third-person singular simple present barbershops, present participle barbershopping, simple past and past participle barbershopped)

  1. (transitive, intransitive) To perform in the barbershop musical style.