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'

a very small distance or space; they escaped by a hairs-breadth; they lost the election by a whisker

[ Syn: hairs-breadth , hairsbreadth , whisker ]

filamentous hairlike growth on a plant; peach fuzz

[ Syn: fuzz , tomentum ]

any of the cylindrical filaments characteristically growing from the epidermis of a mammal; there is a hair in my soup

[ Syn: pilus ]

cloth woven from horsehair or camelhair; used for upholstery or stiffening in garments

[ Syn: haircloth ]

a filamentous projection or process on an organism