Phrase Hound found 22 phrases and 26 compound words that contain barber. The most common are listed below. Open barber in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 22
- barber surgeonA medical practitioner of medieval Europe, generally charged with looking after soldiers during or after a battle.
- barber chairAn articulating chair used in barbershops and salons to facilitate hair-cutting and styling or face-shaving.
- barber paradoxA paradox of self-reference, where, supposing that every man either shaves himself or is shaved by the barber, and the barber shaves all and only the men who do not shave themselves, then it is impossible to determine who shaves the barber.
- barber beatsa chillout style that emerged in mid-2010s, heavily inspired from vaporwave techniques, downtempo, trip hop and instrumental hip hop.
- barber poleA type of sign indicating a barber's shop, most traditionally a pole with a helix of red and white stripes, in the US including blue, sometimes moving.
- Barber CountyOne of 105 counties in Kansas, United States. County seat: Medicine Lodge.
- barber shopAlternative form of barbershop (“place of business of a barber”).
- barber surgeonsplural of barber surgeon: A medical practitioner of medieval Europe, generally charged with looking after soldiers during or after a battle.
- barber itchAlternative form of barber's itch: Any of a number of sorts of rashes or skin eruptions in the area of the mustache or beard, caused by fungal or staphylococcal infections or by irritation from shaving.
- barber pole illusionAn optical illusion where, when a diagonally striped pole is rotated around its vertical axis (horizontally), it appears as though the stripes are moving in the direction of its vertical axis (downwards in the case of the animation to the …
- barber chairsplural of barber chair: An articulating chair used in barbershops and salons to facilitate hair-cutting and styling or face-shaving.
- barber shopsplural of barber shop: Alternative form of barbershop (“place of business of a barber”).
- barber polesplural of barber pole: A type of sign indicating a barber's shop, most traditionally a pole with a helix of red and white stripes, in the US including blue, sometimes moving.
- sleeping barber problemA problem of interprocess communication and synchronization where one process responds to requests from multiple other threads and sleeps when not doing so. In some cases this may lead to an undesirable state where components are waiting …
- barber chairedsimple past and past participle of barber chair
- barber pole effectSynonym of barber pole illusion: An optical illusion where, when a diagonally striped pole is rotated around its vertical axis (horizontally), it appears as though the stripes are moving in the direction of its vertical axis (downwards in …
- barber pole effectsplural of barber pole effect: An optical illusion where, when a diagonally striped pole is rotated around its vertical axis (horizontally), it appears as though the stripes are moving in the direction of its vertical axis (downwards in the …
- jack-knife barberAn unlicensed performer of abortions; a backstreet abortionist.
- barber pole illusionsplural of barber pole illusion: An optical illusion where, when a diagonally striped pole is rotated around its vertical axis (horizontally), it appears as though the stripes are moving in the direction of its vertical axis (downwards in …
- barber chairingpresent participle and gerund of barber chair
- never ask the barber if you need a haircutDo not seek advice from a biased party.
- sleeping barber problemsplural of sleeping barber problem: A problem of interprocess communication and synchronization where one process responds to requests from multiple other threads and sleeps when not doing so. In some cases this may lead to an undesirable …
Compound words 26
- barbershopThe place of business of a barber; a store where a person (usually a male) can go to get a haircut.
- barberishResembling or characteristic of a barber.
- barberfishJohnrandallia nigrirostris, a cleaner fish.
- barberhoodThe state of being a barber.
- barberlyResembling or characteristic of a barber.
- barbermongerA fop; a dandy.
- barberessA female barber.
- barberstoreSynonym of barbershop: The place of business of a barber; a store where a person (usually a male) can go to get a haircut.
- BarbertonA town in Mpumalanga province, South Africa.
- barberchairAlternative form of barber chair: An articulating chair used in barbershops and salons to facilitate hair-cutting and styling or face-shaving.