Dictionary entries for 'hair'

Synonyms

hair (hâr)

[Middle English her, from Old English hǣr.]

noun

1. Any of the cylindrical, keratinized, often pigmented filaments characteristically growing from the epidermis of a mammal.
2. A growth of such filaments, as that forming the coat of an animal or covering the scalp of a human.
A filamentous projection or bristle similar to a hair, such as a seta of an arthropod or an epidermal process of a plant.
Fabric made from the hair of certain animals: a coat of alpaca hair.
1. A minute distance or narrow margin: won by a hair.
2. A precise or exact degree: calibrated to a hair.