Entry Word: hair

Function: noun

Meaning: 1 a very small distance or degree <a race that was won by a hair>

Synonyms ace, hairbreadth (or hairsbreadth), inch

Related Words bit, crumb, jot, mite, particle, smidgen, trace, trifle

2 the hairy covering of a mammal especially when fine, soft, and thick <has no hair, but wears a wig> <a coat made of camelʼs hair> — see fur 1