barbershop
Americannoun
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especially British, barber's shop. the place of business of a barber.
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the singing of four-part harmony in barbershop style or the music sung in this style.
adjective
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specializing in the unaccompanied part-singing of popular songs in which four voices move in close, highly chromatic harmony.
a barbershop quartet.
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characteristic of such part-singing.
noun
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the premises of a barber
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(modifier) denoting or characterized by a type of close four-part harmony for male voices, popular in romantic and sentimental songs of the 1920s and 1930s
a barbershop quartet
Etymology
Origin of barbershop
Example Sentences
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“They’re not going to win again?” the man shouted as he spun on his heels and marched out of the barbershop.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 22, 2026
Starting as a teenager in the 1950s, he sang vocal harmony with a group called the Parliaments at a New Jersey barbershop.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 29, 2025
Saman says working illegally in a car wash, barbershop or mini-mart would have been very easy to do, but he told us he would never have done that.
From BBC • Nov. 7, 2025
Baller amenities are said to include a bowling alley, recording studio, and barbershop.
From MarketWatch • Oct. 29, 2025
He sat on the bench in front of the barn squinting into the sun like he was waiting outside the barbershop for a cut.
From "Worth" by A. LaFaye
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