NOUN | body | hair | a covering for the body (or parts of it) consisting of a dense growth of threadlike structures (as on the human head) |
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quantity | hair, hair's-breadth, hairsbreadth, whisker | a very small distance or space | |
plant | hair, fuzz, tomentum | filamentous hairlike growth on a plant | |
body | hair, pilus | any of the cylindrical filaments characteristically growing from the epidermis of a mammal | |
artifact | hair, haircloth | cloth woven from horsehair or camelhair | |
animal | hair | a filamentous projection / projection or process on an organism |
Sounds | hheh'r | |
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Rhymes | affair ... wheelchair: 116 rhymes with ehr... |
Meaning | 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. | |
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Part of | integumentary system | The skin and its appendages |
Parts | hairline | The natural margin formed by hair on the head |
part, parting | A line of scalp that can be seen when sections of hair are combed in opposite directions | |
root | The part of a tooth that is embedded in the jaw and serves as support | |
Narrower | beard | hairy growth on or near the face / face of certain mammals |
body hair | short hair growing over a person's body | |
coat, pelage | growth of hair or wool or fur covering the body of an animal | |
cowlick | A tuft of hair that grows in a different direction from the rest of the hair and usually will not lie flat | |
down, pile | fine soft dense hair (as the fine short hair of cattle or deer or the wool of sheep or the undercoat of certain dogs) | |
eyebrow, brow, supercilium | The arch of hair above each eye | |
eyelash, lash, cilium | Any of the short curved hairs that grow from the edges of the eyelids | |
facial hair | Hair on the face (especially on the face of a man) | |
forelock, foretop | A lock of a horse's mane that grows forward between the ears | |
guard hair | coarse hairs that form the outer fur and protect the underfur of certain mammals | |
hairdo, hairstyle, hair style, coiffure, coif | The arrangement of the hair (especially a woman's hair) | |
lock, curl, ringlet, whorl | A strand or cluster of hair | |
mane | long coarse hair growing from the crest of the animal's neck | |
mane, head of hair | growth of hair covering the scalp of a human being | |
pubic hair, bush, crotch hair | hair growing in the pubic area | |
Broader | body covering | Any covering for the body or a body part |
Substances | keratin, ceratin | A fibrous scleroprotein that occurs in the outer layer of the skin and in horny tissues such as hair, feathers, nails, and hooves |
Spanish | cabello, pelo | |
Catalan | cabell, pèl | |
Adjectives | capillary | of or relating to hair |
hairy | having or covered with hair |
Meaning | A very small distance or space. | |
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Example | "they escaped by a hair's-breadth" | |
Synonyms | hair's-breadth, hairsbreadth, whisker | |
Broader | small indefinite quantity, small indefinite amount | An indefinite quantity that is below average size or magnitude |
Spanish | pelo | |
Catalan | pèl |
Meaning | filamentous hairlike growth on a plant. | |
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Synonyms | fuzz, tomentum | |
Narrower | beard | A tuft or growth of hairs or bristles on certain plants such as iris or grasses |
stinging hair | A multicellular hair in plants like the stinging nettle that expels an irritating fluid | |
Broader | plant process, enation | A natural projection or outgrowth from a plant body or organ |
Spanish | tomento | |
Catalan | toment |
Meaning | Any of the cylindrical filaments characteristically growing from the epidermis of a mammal. | |
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Example | "there is a hair in my soup" | |
Synonym | pilus | |
Part of | mammal, mammalian | Any warm-blooded vertebrate having the skin more or less covered with hair |
Narrower | ingrown hair | A hair that does not emerge from the follicle but remains embedded in the skin (usually causing inflammation) |
Broader | filament, filum | A threadlike structure (as a chainlike series of cells) |
Spanish | pelo | |
Catalan | cabell, pèl |
Meaning | cloth woven from horsehair or camelhair; used for upholstery or stiffening in garments. | |
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Synonym | haircloth | |
Broader | fabric, cloth, material, textile | artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting / crocheting natural or synthetic fibers |
Meaning | A filamentous projection / projection or process on an organism. | |
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Narrower | bristle | A stiff hair |
pilus | hairlike structure especially on the surface of a cell or microorganism | |
seta | A stiff hair or bristle | |
whisker, vibrissa, sensory hair | A long stiff hair growing from the snout or brow of most mammals as e.g. a cat | |
Broader | process, outgrowth, appendage | A natural prolongation or projection from a part of an organism either animal or plant |
Adjectives | hairy | having or covered with hair |
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