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barber

bar·ber
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [bahr-ber]
    • /ˈbɑr bər/
    • /ˈbɑː.bər/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [bahr-ber]
    • /ˈbɑr bər/

Definitions of barber word

  • countable noun barber A barber is a man whose job is cutting men's hair. 3
  • singular noun barber A barber's is a shop where a barber works. 3
  • noun barber a person whose business is cutting men's hair and shaving or trimming beards 3
  • verb barber to cut the hair of 3
  • verb barber to shave or trim the beard of 3
  • noun barber Samuel. 1910–81, US composer: his works include an Adagio for Strings, adapted from the second movement of his string quartet No. 1 (1936) and the opera Vanessa (1958) 3

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Origin of barber

First appearance:

before 1275
One of the 13% oldest English words
1275-1325; Middle English barbour < Anglo-French; Old French barbeor, equivalent to barb(e) (< Latin barba beard) + -eor < Latin -ātōr- -ator

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Parts of speech for Barber

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

barber popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 89% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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Synonyms for barber

noun barber

  • hairdresser — a person who arranges or cuts hair.
  • hair stylist — a person who designs and arranges hair styles.
  • cosmetologist — a person skilled or trained in the use of cosmetics and beauty treatments
  • coiffeur — a hairdresser
  • coiffeuse — a female hairdresser

verb barber

  • slivering — a small, slender, often sharp piece, as of wood or glass, split, broken, or cut off, usually lengthwise or with the grain; splinter.
  • shingle — small, waterworn stones or pebbles such as lie in loose sheets or beds on a beach.
  • shingles — small, waterworn stones or pebbles such as lie in loose sheets or beds on a beach.
  • blue pencil — deletion, alteration, or censorship of the contents of a book or other work
  • boil down — When you boil down a liquid or food, or when it boils down, it is boiled until there is less of it because some of the water in it has changed into steam or vapour.

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