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barbershop

barbershop noun: the place of business of a barber; a store where a person (usually a male) can go to get a haircut.

barbershop: the place of business of a barber; a store where a person (usually a male) can go to get a haircut
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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.

Verb

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

  1. (ambitransitive) To perform in the barbershop musical style.

barbershop meaning in Hindi, Urdu, Bengali and Telugu

barbershop in Hindi

barber’s shop
सैलून sailūn

barbershop in Urdu

barbershop
کشور kśaur

barbershop in Bengali

barber’s shop
সেলুন śelun

barbershop in Telugu

క్షౌరికుల దుకాణం, క్షౌరశాల
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barbershop in Malayalam
ബാർബർഷോപ്പ്, ബാർബർഷോപ്പിംഗ്
barbershop in Kannada
ಕ್ಷೌರಿಕರ ಅಂಗಡಿ
barbershop in Punjabi
ਨਾਈਆਂ ਦੀ ਦੁਕਾਨ
barbershop in Odia
ନାପିତଙ୍କ ଦୋକାନ
barbershop in Sanskrit
क्षौर kṣaura
barbershop in Nepali
नापितको पसल
barbershop in Tagalog
pagupitan
barbershop in Arabic
مَحَلّ لِلْحِلَاقَة maḥall lilḥilāqa
barbershop in Indonesian
tempat cukur
barbershop in Persian
سلمانی salmâni, آرایشگاه ârâyešgâh
barbershop in Vietnamese
hiệu cắt tóc

Synonyms of barbershop

Forms of barbershop

Noun
pluralbarbershops
alternative formbarber shop
alternative formbarber-shop
alternative formbarber's shop
Verb
third-person singular presentbarbershops
present participlebarbershopping
past participlebarbershopped
pastbarbershopped

Plural of barbershop: barbershops

Origin of barbershop

Compound of barber + shop.

Words formed from barbershop

Phrases with barbershop

Questions about barbershop

What does barbershop mean?
Barbershop means the place of business of a barber; a store where a person (usually a male) can go to get a haircut.
What is barbershop in Hindi?
Barbershop in Hindi is सैलून (sailūn). See Barbershop meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is barbershop?
Barbershop can be a noun or a verb.
What is the plural of barbershop?
The plural of barbershop is barbershops.

Words near barbershop in the dictionary

  1. barberries
  2. barberry
  3. barbers
  4. barbers' poles
  5. barbers' signs
  6. barbershop
  7. barbershop quartet
  8. barbershop quartets
  9. barbershopped
  10. barbershopper
  11. barbershoppers

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: barbershop (page history and authors); کشور (Urdu) (page history and authors); barbershop (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); barbershop (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); barbershop (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); barbershop (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); barbershop (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); क्षौर (Sanskrit) (page history and authors); barbershop (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). 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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