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.
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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