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barbershop

[ bahr-ber-shop ]

noun

  1. alsocalledcomma especially British, barber's shop. the place of business of a barber.
  2. the singing of four-part harmony in barbershop style or the music sung in this style.


adjective

  1. specializing in the unaccompanied part-singing of popular songs in which four voices move in close, highly chromatic harmony:

    a barbershop quartet.

  2. characteristic of such part-singing.

barbershop

/ ˈ²úɑ˲úəˌʃɒ±è /

noun

  1. the premises of a barber
  2. 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

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of barbershop1

First recorded in 1570–80; barber + shop
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