noun
a covering for the body (or parts of it) consisting of a dense growth of threadlike structures (as on the human head)
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- helps to prevent heat loss
- he combed his hair
- each hair consists of layers of dead keratinized cells
noun
a very small distance or space
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- they escaped by a hair's-breadth
- they lost the election by a whisker
noun
filamentous hairlike growth on a plant
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- peach fuzz
noun
any of the cylindrical filaments characteristically growing from the epidermis of a mammal
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- there is a hair in my soup
noun
cloth woven from horsehair or camelhair
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- used for upholstery or stiffening in garments
noun
a filamentous projection or process on an organism