barbershop

[bahr-ber-shop] / ˈbɑr bərˌʃɒp /

NOUN

hair-dressing establishment

Synonyms

STRONGEST

beauty parlor beauty salon

STRONG

barber

WEAK

hair salon hairdressing salon styling salon tonsorium

Example Sentences

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BIRMINGHAM, England—The neighborhood around Harris Hussein’s barbershop in this once thriving industrial city is marked by potholes and strewn with piles of uncollected trash.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 2026

“They’re not going to win again?” the man shouted as he spun on his heels and marched out of the barbershop.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 22, 2026

In 2006, they opened a space in Silver Lake that functioned as a barbershop with a couple of record crates.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 8, 2025

Saman says working illegally in a car wash, barbershop or mini-mart would have been very easy to do, but he told us he would never have done that.

From BBC • Nov. 7, 2025

“What boy needs to be hanging around a barbershop with crazy grown men?”

From "Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero" by Kelly J. Baptist