beauty shop
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1.3
- noun
- /ˈbjuːti ʃɑp/
- US
:
salón de belleza
- She booked an appointment at the beauty shop to get her hair styled for the wedding.
Examples
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"You in there, Tamara?" It was Wyvetta Green, my good friend and neighbor, who owns and runs the beauty shop downstairs.
Fiction book (1995) -
I think she went to the Margaret Adams beauty shop.
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I have to be at the beauty shop in half an hour.
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I always thought she paid for it herself with the money from the beauty shop.
Fiction book (1999) -
" Now I work in a beauty shop too.
Fiction book (1994) -
Booking an appointment at the beauty shop is not the first step in the preparation process.
Academic text (1999) -
So the girls at the beauty shop made a bet against the guys at the barbershop.
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More than 65 percent of counties in the state have fewer than 13 beauty shops with employees.
Academic text (2018) -
I'm sure it won't take you long to forget about me and my little beauty shop here.
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When the dressers at the beauty shop reach the stage of wrapping the obi, they alert their customers.
Academic text (1999)
Synonyms
115
1.5
A shop where people have their hair cut or beauty treatments
17
2.3
A shop where people get their hair, skin, and nails done
11
1.7
A shop where people go for hair, face, and nail treatments
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a shop selling beauty or personal-care products' follows directly from combining 'beauty' (related to cosmetics/personal appearance) with 'shop' (a place to buy goods). This simple noun–noun compounding is a common, cross-linguistic pattern, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents would readily infer the MWE's meaning.
Etymology
Beauty shop comes from the simple idea of a shop for beauty. Imagine a small room where hairdressers and beauticians cut hair, do nails, and give facials, so the phrase means a place for hair and beauty 'services'.