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HAIR'S-BREADTH
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Dictionary entry overview: What does hair's-breadth mean?
• HAIR'S-BREADTH (noun)
The noun HAIR'S-BREADTH has 1 sense:
1. a very small distance or space
Familiarity information: HAIR'S-BREADTH used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A very small distance or space
Classified under:
Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure
Synonyms:
hair; hair's-breadth; hairsbreadth; whisker
Context example:
they lost the election by a whisker
Hypernyms ("hair's-breadth" is a kind of...):
small indefinite amount; small indefinite quantity (an indefinite quantity that is below average size or magnitude)
Context examples
The bull-dog missed by a hair's-breadth, and cries of praise went up as White Fang doubled suddenly out of danger in the opposite direction.
(White Fang, by Jack London)
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