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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
Recent Examples on the Web
Adapted from the off-Broadway play by Robert Harling, this tearjerker follows the lives, loves, and tragedies of a group of women gathered in a Louisiana beauty shop.
—Andrew Walsh, EW.com, 14 Nov. 2023
The girl dad is immersed in pretend play, a customer in his daughters' beauty shop.
—Angela Andaloro, Peoplemag, 24 Jan. 2024
DeVito did hair at Angie’s Jersey Shore beauty shop, an excellent way to study people and charm women.
—Karen Heller, Washington Post, 6 Oct. 2023
Even David Zinn’s set for the beauty shop’s interior, once the grate is unlocked and lifted, receives entrance applause.
—Jesse Green, New York Times, 3 Oct. 2023
The show is in one of the disappearing fixtures of Asian urban enclaves: a one-story mini-mall housing a motley array of businesses, including a beauty shop, a butcher, a money transfer service, and a 99-cent store.
—Aruna D’souza, New York Times, 21 June 2023
Find the higher potency product at a local beauty shop, or order it online.
—Jeanne Huber, Washington Post, 14 July 2023
Photo: Paul Weaver/Zuma Press Sephora has given Kohl’s a new shade of optimism since the department store started introducing the popular beauty shop into its stores in 2021.
—Jinjoo Lee, WSJ, 24 May 2023
Beauty partnerships also growing with Kohl's and Sephora In mid-February, Kohl's unveiled the list of its 400 stores that will get a Sephora beauty shop added to them in 2022, which is similar to Target's Ulta partnership.
—Kelly Tyko, USA TODAY, 28 Feb. 2022
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Word History
First Known Use
1890, in the meaning defined above
Dictionary Entries Near beauty shop
Cite this Entry
“Beauty shop.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/beauty%20shop. Accessed 11 May. 2024.
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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