English to English
hair
(h/(@)/r
)
noun (n)
- 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(noun.body)Example:
He combed his hair.
Each hair consists of layers of dead keratinized cells.
source: wordnet30 - a very small distance or space(noun.quantity)Example:
They escaped by a hair's-breadth.
source: wordnet30 - any of the cylindrical filaments characteristically growing from the epidermis of a mammal(noun.body)Example:
There is a hair in my soup.
source: wordnet30 - cloth woven from horsehair or camelhair; used for upholstery or stiffening in garments(noun.artifact)source: wordnet30
- a filamentous projection or process on an organism(noun.animal)source: wordnet30
- The collection or mass of filaments growing from the skin of an animal, and forming a covering for a part of the head or for any part or the whole of the body.(noun)source: webster1913