HAIR
Scrabble letter values: H4A1I1R1 = 7
Definition
- noun a covering for the body (or parts of it) consisting of a dense growth of threadlike structures (as on the human head).
- noun a very small distance or space. — synonyms: hair's-breadth, hairsbreadth, whisker
- noun filamentous hairlike growth on a plant. — synonyms: fuzz, tomentum
- noun any of the cylindrical filaments characteristically growing from the epidermis of a mammal. — synonyms: pilus
- noun cloth woven from horsehair or camelhair. — synonyms: haircloth
- noun a filamentous projection or process on an organism.
Examples
- “helps to prevent heat loss”
- “he combed his hair”
- “each hair consists of layers of dead keratinized cells”