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barber chair

barber chair noun: an articulating chair used in barbershops and salons to facilitate hair-cutting and styling or face-shaving. Also the alternative form of barber-chair.

barber chair: an articulating chair used in barbershops and salons to facilitate hair-cutting and styling or...
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Noun

barber chair (plural barber chairs)

  1. An articulating chair used in barbershops and salons to facilitate hair-cutting and styling or face-shaving.
  2. A tree which splits vertically while being felled, causing part of the tree to remain upright while the remainder of the tree falls.
    • One technique that can reduce the chance of creating a barber chair is to use a bore cut.2005, Sharon Lilly, Tree climbers' guide, International Society of Arboriculture, →ISBN, page 117

Also used as

barber chair is also the alternative form of barber-chair.

Forms of barber chair

Noun
pluralbarber chairs
alternative formbarberchair
alternative formbarber-chair
Verb
third-person singular presentbarber chairs
present participlebarber chairing
past participlebarber chaired
pastbarber chaired

Questions about barber chair

What does barber chair mean?
Barber chair means an articulating chair used in barbershops and salons to facilitate hair-cutting and styling or face-shaving.
What part of speech is barber chair?
Barber chair is a noun.
What is the plural of barber chair?
The plural of barber chair is barber chairs.

Words near barber chair in the dictionary

  1. barbeques
  2. barbequey
  3. barbequing
  4. barber
  5. barber beats
  6. barber chair
  7. barber chaired
  8. barber chairing
  9. barber chairs
  10. Barber County
  11. barber itch

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