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hair meaning and definition
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Definition of 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
- "they escaped by a hair's-breadth"; "they lost the election by a whisker"
- synonyms: hairsbreadth, hair's-breadth, whisker
- filamentous hairlike growth on a plant
- any of the cylindrical filaments characteristically growing from the epidermis of a mammal
- "there is a hair in my soup"
- synonyms: pilus
- cloth woven from horsehair or camelhair; used for upholstery or stiffening in garments
- synonyms: haircloth
- a filamentous projection or process on an organism
Source: Princeton University Wordnet