Hair meaning

noun

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”

   “they lost the election by a whisker”

   Synonymshair's-breadthhairsbreadthwhisker

3. filamentous hairlike growth on a plant

   “peach fuzz”

   Synonymsfuzztomentum

4. any of the cylindrical filaments characteristically growing from the epidermis of a mammal

   “there is a hair in my soup”

   Synonymspilus

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

   Synonymshaircloth

6. a filamentous projection or process on an organism