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BARBER'S POLE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does barber's pole mean?
• BARBER'S POLE (noun)
The noun BARBER'S POLE has 1 sense:
1. striped pole outside a barbershop
Familiarity information: BARBER'S POLE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Striped pole outside a barbershop
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("barber's pole" is a kind of...):
visual signal (a signal that involves visual communication)
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