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

"he combed his hair"; "each hair consists of layers of dead keratinized cells"

Type of:
  • body covering

Types:
  • coat; pelage
  • guard hair
  • mane
  • forelock; foretop
  • beard
  • body hair
  • down; pile
  • mane; head of hair
  • cowlick
  • hairdo; hairstyle; hair style; coiffure; coif
  • lock; curl; ringlet; whorl
  • facial hair
  • pubic hair; bush; crotch hair
  • eyebrow; brow; supercilium
  • eyelash; lash; cilium


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