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1 hair('s)-breadth
noun (a very small distance: That knife missed me by a hair's-breadth.) -
2 hair('s)-breadth
noun (a very small distance: That knife missed me by a hair's-breadth.) -
3 hair
[heə] 1. noun1) (one of the mass of thread-like objects that grow from the skin: He brushed the dog's hairs off his jacket.) (fir de) păr2) (the mass of these, especially on a person's head: He's got brown hair.) păr•- - haired- hairy
- hairiness
- hair's-breadth
- hair-breadth
- hairbrush
- haircut
- hair-do
- hairdresser
- hairdressing
- hair-drier
- hairline
- hair-oil
- hairpin 2. adjective((of a bend in a road) sharp and U-shaped, especially on a mountain or a hill.) brusc, la o sută optzeci de grade- hairstyle
- keep one's hair on
- let one's hair down
- make someone's hair stand on end
- make hair stand on end
- not to turn a hair
- turn a hair
- split hairs
- tear one's hair
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hair's breadth — hair’s breadth UK US noun [singular] the smallest possible distance, amount, or degree The car only missed us by a hair’s breadth. We were a hair’s breadth away from winning a fortune. Thesaurus: specific types of distancehyponym small numbers… … Useful english dictionary
hair's breadth — n [singular] a very small amount or distance ▪ The bullet missed me by a hair s breadth … Dictionary of contemporary English
Hair's breadth — Hairbreadth Hair breadth ( br[e^]dth), Hair s breadth Hair s breadth (h[^a]rz ). The diameter or breadth of a hair; a very small distance; sometimes, definitely, the forty eighth part of an inch. [Also spelled {hairsbreadth}.] [1913 Webster]… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
hair's breadth — N SING: a N A hair s breadth is a very small degree or amount. The dollar fell to within a hair s breadth of its all time low... He did not swerve a hair s breadth from the decision he had made … English dictionary
hair's breadth — UK / US noun [singular] the smallest possible distance, amount, or degree The car only missed us by a hair s breadth. We were a hair s breadth away from winning a fortune … English dictionary
hair's-breadth — /ˈhɛəz brɛdθ / (say hairz bredth), / brɛtθ/ (say bretth) noun 1. a very small space or distance: *he had failed by a hair s breadth for a Rhodes scholarship –george johnston, 1964. –adjective 2. extremely narrow or close. –phrase 3. within a hair …
hair's breadth — a common informal unit of distance. Human hairs vary considerably in width, depending on age, color, genetics, and other factors. An average hair is approximately 70 to 100 micrometers (µm) in diameter, so, as a rough standard, a hair s… … Dictionary of units of measurement
hair's-breadth — noun a very small distance or space they escaped by a hair s breadth they lost the election by a whisker • Syn: ↑hairsbreadth, ↑hair, ↑whisker • Hypernyms: ↑small indefinite quantity, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
hair's breadth — noun (singular) a very small amount or distance: The bullet missed me by a hair s breadth … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
hair’s breadth — , hairbreadth Either is fine … Bryson’s dictionary for writers and editors
ˈhair's ˌbreadth — noun [singular] the smallest possible distance, amount, or degree … Dictionary for writing and speaking English