hairline

hair·line

noun \-ˈlīn\

Definition of HAIRLINE

1

: a very slender line: as a : a tiny line or crack on a surface <a hairline bone fracture> b : a fine line connecting thicker strokes in a printed letter

2

: hairbreadth

3

a : a textile design consisting of lengthwise or crosswise lines usually one thread wide b : a fabric with such a design

4

a : the outline of scalp hair especially on the forehead b : the way the hair frames the face

— hairline adjective

Examples of HAIRLINE

1. The plate had a hairline running across it.
2. He has a receding hairline.

First Known Use of HAIRLINE

1846

Related to HAIRLINE

Synonyms: ace, hairbreadth (or hairsbreadth), hair, hop, skip, and jump, inch, neck, shouting distance, step, stone's throw

Antonyms: country mile, long haul, mile

Related Words: bit, crumb, dab, iota, jot, minim, mite, particle, smidgen (also smidgeon or smidgin or smidge), trace, trifle

Near Antonyms: infinity, light-year

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Rhymes with HAIRLINE

A-line, affine, airline, align, alkyne, alpine, assign, at sign, balkline, baseline, beeline, benign, bloodline, blue line, blush wine, bovine, bowline, branchline, breadline, bright-line, buntline, bustline, byline, call sign, canine, caprine, carbine, carmine, cervine, chow line, clothesline, cloud nine, coastline, combine, compline, condign, confine, consign, corvine, cosign, cutline, dateline, deadline, decline, define, design, divine, dragline, driveline, earthshine, Einstein, eiswein, end line, enshrine, entwine, equine, ethyne, fall line, fault line, feline, ferine, first-line, flatline, flight line, foul line, fräulein, frontline, front line, goal line, gold mine, grapevine, guideline, hard-line, hard pine, headline, hemline, high sign, hipline, Holbein, hotline, ice wine, incline, indign, in fine, in-line, Irvine, jawline, jug wine, landline, land mine, lang syne, lifeline, load line, longline, lupine, mainline, main line, malign, midline, moline, moonshine, neckline, off-line, old-line, online, opine, outline, outshine, ovine, Pauline, peace sign, Petrine, pipeline, piscine, pitch pine, plotline, plumb line, plus sign, pontine, porcine, potline, pound sign, propine, punch line, rapine, recline, redline, red pine, refine, reline, repine, resign, Rhine wine, ridgeline, roofline, Sabine, saline, Scotch pine, scrub pine, setline, shoreline, short line, sideline, sight line, skyline, snow line, soft-line, spring line, straight-line, strandline, straw wine, streamline, strip mine, strychnine, subline, sunshine, supine, syncline, taurine, tie-line, times sign, topline, touchline, towline, tramline, trapline, tree line, trephine, trotline, truckline, trunk line, tumpline, turbine, untwine, ursine, vespine, V sign, vulpine, waistline, white line, white pine, white wine, woodbine, yard line, zebrine, Z line