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bar·ber·shop  (bärbr-shp)

n.

The place of business of a barber.

adj.

Of, consisting of, or relating to the performance of sentimental songs for unaccompanied, usually male voices in four-part harmony: a barbershop quartet.

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barbershop [ˈbɑːbəˌʃɒp]

n

1. (Clothing, Personal Arts & Crafts / Hairdressing & Grooming) Now chiefly US the premises of a barber

2. (Music, other) (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

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

barbershop - a shop where men can get their hair cut barber chair - a large fixed adjustable chair in which barbers seat their customers shop, store - a mercantile establishment for the retail sale of goods or services; "he bought it at a shop on Cape Cod"

Translations

barbershop [ˈbɑːbəʃɒp] (US)

A. N → barbería f

B. CPD barbershop quartet N cuarteto vocal armónico de hombres que se especializa en canciones sentimentales de los años 20 y 30

barbershop [ˈbɑː^rbə^rʃɒp]

n

(MUSIC) (= musical style) type de chant a cappella surtout exécuté par des chœurs masculins

(US) = barber shop

modif [quartet] → d'hommes chantant a cappella; [chorus] → a cappella
barber shop barbershop [ˈbɑː^rbə^rʃɒp] (US) n (= men's hairdresser) → coiffeur m pour hommes

barbershop

n (US) → (Herren)friseurgeschäft nt → or -laden m

adj barbershop quartet → Barbershop-Quartett nt