hair

Pronunciation

• enPR: /hâr/, IPA ^(key): /heə/ or /her/
• SAMPA: /he@/

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• Homophone: hare

Noun

Singular hair

Plural hairs

a woman brushing her long hair

1. (countable & uncountable) Hair is long, very thin, soft material that grows on people and animals.

   She had never seen him with his hair cut short.

Related words

• hairy

Parts of the head (edit)

hair - scalp - forehead - ears - eyes - eyebrows - eyelashes - eyelids - nose - cheek - mouth - lips - teeth - gums - roof (palate) - tongue - jaw - chin