Hair - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |her|  American pronunciation of the word hair
Brit.  |heə|  British pronunciation of the word hair

noun

- 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
he combed his hair
each hair consists of layers of dead keratinized cells
- a very small distance or space (syn: whisker)
they escaped by a hair's-breadth
- filamentous hairlike growth on a plant (syn: fuzz)
- any of the cylindrical filaments characteristically growing from the epidermis of a mammal
there is a hair in my soup
- cloth woven from horsehair or camelhair; used for upholstery or stiffening in garments (syn: haircloth)
- a filamentous projection or process on an organism

Extra examples

He plucked a hair from his arm.

There are dog hairs all over my coat.

The hair on her arms is blond.

He has a lot of hair on his chest.

He got his hair cut last week.

He has a thick head of hair.

A balding man who is losing his hair

He won the race by a hair.

He was a hair off on the count.

He parts his hair in the middle, and I part mine on the side.

People lose their hair.

Animals shed their hair.

I am allergic to cat hair.

It made his hair stand on end.

She put on her lipstick and brushed her hair.

Word forms

noun
singular: hair
plural: hairs
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