Definition of Hair

Noun: hair  hehr

1. 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"
    
2. A very small distance or space
   "they escaped by a hair's-breadth";
   - hair's-breadth, hairsbreadth, whisker
    
3. Filamentous hairlike growth on a plant
   "peach hair";
   - fuzz, tomentum
    
4. Any of the cylindrical filaments characteristically growing from the epidermis of a mammal
   "there is a hair in my soup";
   - pilus
    
5. Cloth woven from horsehair or camelhair; used for upholstery or stiffening in garments
   - haircloth
    
6. A filamentous projection or process on an organism

See also:
Haiphong
hairball

Anagrams containing the word hair

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