hairs|breadth — hair s breadth or hairs|breadth «HAIRZ BREHDTH, BREHTTH», adjective, noun. –adj. = hairbreadth. (Cf. ↑hairbreadth) –n. a very small space or distance: »Our team was within a hair s breadth of winning … Useful english dictionary
hair's breadth — a common informal unit of distance. Human hairs vary considerably in width, depending on age, color, genetics, and other factors. An average hair is approximately 70 to 100 micrometers (µm) in diameter, so, as a rough standard, a hair s… … Dictionary of units of measurement
hairsbreadth — hairs•breadth or hair s breadth [[t]ˈhɛərzˌbrɛdθ, ˌbrɛtθ, ˌbrɛθ[/t]] n. adj. hairbreadth • Etymology: 1575–85 … From formal English to slang
hairsbreadth — hairs|breadth [ herz,bredθ ] noun singular the smallest possible distance, amount, or degree: The car only missed us by a hairsbreadth. We were a hairsbreadth away from winning a fortune … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
hairbreadth — also hairsbreadth, hairs breadth, hair s breadth, mid 15c., said to have been formerly a formal unit of measure equal to one forty eighth of an inch. From HAIR (Cf. hair) + BREADTH (Cf. breadth) … Etymology dictionary
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hairsbreadth — noun /ˈhɛrzbrɛdθ,ˈhɛərzbrɛdθ/ a very short distance or a very small amount (as is the width of a hair) I see you are obsequious in your love, and I profess requital to a hairs breadth; … Wiktionary
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