What is the meaning 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)
    • usage: "he combed his hair"; "each hair consists of layers of dead keratinized cells"
  • A very small distance or space.
    • usage: "they escaped by a hair's-breadth"; "they lost the election by a whisker"
  • Filamentous hairlike growth on a plant.
    • usage: "peach fuzz"
  • Any of the cylindrical filaments characteristically growing from the epidermis of a mammal.
    • usage: "there is a hair in my soup"
  • Cloth woven from horsehair or camelhair; used for upholstery or stiffening in garments.
  • A filamentous projection or process on an organism. .
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APAWordNet. (2010). hair. Retrieved September 20, 2026, from http://smartdefine.org/hair/definitions/1197012
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