hair, n.
(hairs)
freq. cnt. 59
(hairs)
freq. cnt. 59
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
<noun.body> freq. cnt.: 59 freq. cnt.: 59
hair
sample sentences
"he combed his hair""each hair consists of layers of dead keratinized cells"
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
semantic pointers
hyponym
coat, pelage
guard hair
mane
forelock, foretop
beard
body hair
down, pile
head of hair, mane
cowlick
hairdo, hairstyle, hair style, coiffure, coif
lock, curl, ringlet, whorl
facial hair
pubic hair, bush, crotch hair
eyebrow, brow, supercilium
eyelash, lash, cilium
hypernym
part holonym
part meronym
substance meronym
a filamentous projection or process on an organism
<noun.animal>
hair
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
semantic pointers
hypernym
hyponym
cloth woven from horsehair or camelhair; used for upholstery or stiffening in garments
<noun.artifact>
hair haircloth
semantic pointers
hypernym
any of the cylindrical filaments characteristically growing from the epidermis of a mammal
<noun.body>
hair pilus
sample sentences
"there is a hair in my soup"
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
filamentous hairlike growth on a plant
<noun.plant> freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1
fuzz hair tomentum
sample sentences
"peach fuzz"
a very small distance or space
<noun.quantity>
hair hair's-breadth hairsbreadth whisker
sample sentences
"they escaped by a hair's-breadth""they lost the election by a whisker"
semantic pointers
hypernym