hair

Words with a similar base: hair, hair's-breadth, haircloth, hairsbreadth

'hair'

[hair.n.01] as in: a covering for the body (or parts of it) consisting of a dense growth of threadlike structures (as on the human head); helps to prevent heat loss

Examples:
he combed his hair
each hair consists of layers of dead keratinized cells

'hair'

[hair's-breadth.n.01] as in: a very small distance or space

Examples:
they escaped by a hair's-breadth
they lost the election by a whisker

'hair'

[hair.n.03] as in: filamentous hairlike growth on a plant

Examples:
peach fuzz

'hair'

[hair.n.04] as in: any of the cylindrical filaments characteristically growing from the epidermis of a mammal

Examples:
there is a hair in my soup

'hair'

[haircloth.n.01] as in: cloth woven from horsehair or camelhair; used for upholstery or stiffening in garments

'hair'

[hair.n.06] as in: a filamentous projection or process on an organism

Origins

					hair (English)
└── her (Middle English (1100-1500))

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