hair

a slender threadlike outgrowth of the epidermof an animal especially, one of the usually pigmented filaments that form the characteristic coat of a mammal.

The first known use: before the 12th century

Word Structure

4 Letters, 1 Syllable

hair

3 Phonemes

h e r

onset, rime

h air

Morpheme

hair

Sentence Examples

There are dog hairs all over my coat.

He got his hair cut last week.

He won the race by a hair.

He was a hair off on the count.

Common Phrases

big hair

camel hair

hair raising

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