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BARBERSHOP

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does barbershop mean? 

BARBERSHOP (noun)
  The noun BARBERSHOP has 1 sense:

1. a shop where men can get their hair cutplay

  Familiarity information: BARBERSHOP used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


BARBERSHOP (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A shop where men can get their hair cut

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("barbershop" is a kind of...):

shop; store (a mercantile establishment for the retail sale of goods or services)

Meronyms (parts of "barbershop"):

barber chair (a large fixed adjustable chair in which barbers seat their customers)


 Context examples 


Once Mercury is out of retrograde, March 9, spend a little money on yourself—go to the salon or barbershop for a classy haircut, choose a treatment at the spa, or choose some new clothes for the coming season.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)



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