[bɑːb], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a sharp projection near the end of an arrow, fish hook, or similar object, which is angled away from the main point so as to make extraction difficult

- a fleshy filament at the mouth of some fish, such as barbel and catfish

- a freshwater fish with barbels around the mouth, popular in aquaria


Phrases:

Origin:
Middle English (denoting a piece of linen worn over or under the chin by nuns): from Old French barbe, from Latin barba ‘beard’

[bɑːb], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a small horse of a hardy breed originally from North Africa


Phrases:

Origin:
mid 17th century: from French barbe, from Italian barbero ‘of Barbary’

[bɑːb], (Verb)

Definitions:
- cut or style (a person's hair)
(e.g: he has barbed the hair of any celebrity you can think of)


Phrases:

Origin:
mid 16th century (in now obsolete British use, in the sense ‘shave or trim a man's beard’, from the French verb barber, from barbe ‘beard’): in modern Nigerian use a back-formation from barber