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NOUN | 1 | hair | Dense growth of hairs covering the body or parts of it (as on the human head) |
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2 | hair, hair's-breadth, hairsbreadth, whisker | A very small distance or space | |
3 | hair, fuzz, tomentum | Filamentous hairlike growth on a plant | |
4 | hair, pilus | Any of the cylindrical filaments characteristically growing from the epidermis of a mammal | |
5 | hair, haircloth | Cloth woven from horsehair or camelhair | |
6 | hair | A filamentous projection or process on an organism |
Sounds | hheh'r |
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Rhymes | affair, air, airfare, and 109 more rhymes in ehr at the HyperDic website... |
Meaning | Dense growth of hairs covering the body or parts of it (as on the human head). Helps prevent heat loss. |
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Examples | "he combed his hair" |
Part of | integumentary system |
Parts | hairline; part |
Narrower | coat, pelage; guard hair; mane; forelock, foretop; beard; body hair; down, pile; mane, head of hair; cowlick; hairdo, hair style, coiffure; lock, curl, ringlet, whorl; beard, face fungus, whiskers; mustache, moustache; pubic hair, bush, crotch hair; eyebrow, brow, supercilium; eyelash, lash, cilium |
Broader | body covering |
Substances | keratin, ceratin |
Adjectives | capillary |
Meaning | A very small distance or space. |
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Examples | "they escaped by a hair's-breadth" |
Synonyms | hair's-breadth, hairsbreadth, whisker |
Broader | small indefinite quantity, small indefinite amount |
Meaning | Filamentous hairlike growth on a plant. |
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Synonyms | fuzz, tomentum |
Narrower | stinging hair; coma; beard |
Broader | plant process, enation |
Meaning | Any of the cylindrical filaments characteristically growing from the epidermis of a mammal. |
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Examples | "there is a hair in my soup" |
Synonyms | pilus |
Part of | mammal |
Narrower | ingrown hair |
Broader | filament, filum |
Meaning | Cloth woven from horsehair or camelhair. Used for upholstery or stiffening in garments. |
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Synonyms | haircloth |
Broader | fabric, cloth, material, textile |
Meaning | A filamentous projection or process on an organism. |
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Narrower | bristle; whisker, vibrissa, sensory hair; seta; pilus |
Broader | process, outgrowth, appendage |