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barber-shop

barber-shop is the alternative form of barbershop.

Meaning of barbershop

Noun

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.
  2. (uncountable) A style of a cappella vocal music, usually sung in four-part harmony.

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Forms of barber-shop

pluralbarber-shops

Questions about barber-shop

What is barber-shop the alternative form of?
Barber-shop is the alternative form of barbershop.

Words near barber-shop in the dictionary

  1. barber's sign
  2. barber-chair
  3. barber-chaired
  4. barber-chairing
  5. barber-chairs
  6. barber-shop
  7. barber-shops
  8. barbera
  9. barberas
  10. barberchair
  11. barberchaired

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Adapted from Wiktionary: barber-shop (page history and authors); barbershop (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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