· 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"

Hypernym(s): body_covering

· a very small distance or space; "they escaped by a hair's-breadth"; "they lost the election by a whisker"

Synonym(s): hair%27s-breadth, hairsbreadth, whisker

Hypernym(s): small_indefinite_quantity, small_indefinite_amount

· filamentous hairlike growth on a plant; "peach fuzz"

Synonym(s): fuzz, tomentum

Hypernym(s): plant_process, enation

· any of the cylindrical filaments characteristically growing from the epidermis of a mammal; "there is a hair in my soup"

Synonym(s): pilus

Hypernym(s): filament, filum

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

Synonym(s): haircloth

Hypernym(s): fabric, cloth, material, textile

· a filamentous projection or process on an organism

Hypernym(s): process, outgrowth, appendage