beauty shop

noun

: an establishment or department where hairdressing, facials, and manicures are done

called also beauty parlor, beauty salon

Examples of beauty shop in a Sentence

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There’s one thing about about our family, like either somebody selling houses, doing her own a beauty shop, selling clothes. Michael Saponara, Billboard, 27 Oct. 2025 The basement housed a beauty shop and barber shop, with shimmering, psychedelic floral wallpaper, and a clamshell phone booth. Piet Levy, jsonline.com, 21 Oct. 2025 Kirk, played by Sean Gunn, was the Stars Hollow jack-of-all-trades, often taking on odd jobs around town, working at the beauty shop, being a handyman and even serving as a short film director. Meredith Wilshere, PEOPLE, 18 Oct. 2025 One such soul was Madeline Buol (1902–1986), a devout Catholic and beauty shop owner living in Dubuque, IA, right across the Mississippi River from Dickeyville. Chadd Scott, Forbes.com, 7 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for beauty shop

Word History

First Known Use

1890, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of beauty shop was in 1890

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“Beauty shop.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/beauty%20shop. Accessed 2 Nov. 2025.

Kids Definition

beauty shop

noun
: a place of business for the care of customers' hair, skin, and nails

called also beauty parlor, beauty salon

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