Dictionary Check: hair

"hair" is a valid word!

Scrabble 7 points
Words with Friends 6 points

Definition

noun

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

Example: "he combed his hair"
noun

a very small distance or space

Example: "they escaped by a hair's breadth"
noun

filamentous hairlike growth on a plant

Example: "peach fuzz"
Synonyms:
noun

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

Example: "there is a hair in my soup"
Synonyms:
noun

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

Synonyms:
noun

a filamentous projection or process on an organism

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