BODY HAIR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does body hair mean? 

• BODY HAIR (noun)
  The noun BODY HAIR has 1 sense:

1. short hair growing over a person's body

  Familiarity information: BODY HAIR used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BODY HAIR (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Short hair growing over a person's body

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("body hair" is a kind of...):

hair (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)

Holonyms ("body hair" is a part of...):

homo; human; human being; man (any living or extinct member of the family Hominidae characterized by superior intelligence, articulate speech, and erect carriage)

 Context examples 

Males with this disorder may have larger than normal breasts, a lack of facial and body hair, a rounded body type, and small testicles.

(Klinefelter syndrome, NCI Dictionary)

The broken coat is a cross of rough and smooth coat - long body hair, a slightly fuzzy face and a smooth head.

(Jack Russell Terrier, NCI Thesaurus)