barbershop

[ bahr-ber-shop ]
/ ˈbɑr bərˌʃɒp /

noun

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

adjective

specializing in the unaccompanied part-singing of popular songs in which four voices move in close, highly chromatic harmony: a barbershop quartet.
characteristic of such part-singing.

Origin of barbershop

First recorded in 1570–80; barber + shop

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British Dictionary definitions for barbershop

barbershop
/ (ˈbɑːbəˌʃɒp) /

noun

mainly US the premises of a barber
(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