: of a style of unaccompanied group singing of popular songs usually marked by highly conventionalized close harmony
Examples of barbershop in a Sentence
Recent Examples on the Web
Luis Giraldo, CBS News, 22 Feb. 2025
People who come to it visit a barbershop that has been transformed.
—Lisa Deaderick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Feb. 2025
Dallas News, 30 Nov. 2022
See All Example Sentences for barbershop
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to
show current usage.
Read More
Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors.
Send us feedback.
Noun
People can gather to work and share ideas, symbolic of other places like churches, barbershops and corner stores where Black culture flourishes.
—Luis Giraldo, CBS News, 22 Feb. 2025
People who come to it visit a barbershop that has been transformed.
—Lisa Deaderick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Feb. 2025
Adjective
This unique fragrance by Yves Saint Laurent brings barbershop charm to your day, and sticks around for hours.
—Dallas News, 30 Nov. 2022
See All Example Sentences for barbershop
Cite this Entry
“Barbershop.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/barbershop. Accessed 4 Mar. 2025.
Copy CitationLove words? Need even more definitions?
Merriam-Webster unabridged
Share