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baby hairs

baby hairs is the plural of baby hair.

Meaning of baby hair

Noun

baby hair (countable and uncountable, plural baby hairs)

  1. (countable, dialectal, usually) A fine, wispy strand of hair at the edge of a person's (usually a woman's) hairline.
    • Medium size cornrows going back with a curl at the end of each braid. A silky, smooth, hairline, highlighted with soft black baby hairs.2003, Darcel Turner, Dana Dances on Paper
  2. (uncountable) The hair of a baby.
  3. Any immature or fine strand of hair, or (uncountably) a collection of such hairs. (Compare baby tooth, baby fat.)
    • You shed your hair, too. Old hairs fall out nearly every day, and new baby hairs grow in their places .1919, Eleanor Atkinson, The how and why Library

Questions about baby hairs

What is baby hairs the plural of?
Baby hairs is the plural of baby hair.

Words near baby hairs in the dictionary

  1. baby grand pianos
  2. baby grands
  3. baby gravy
  4. baby grow
  5. baby hair
  6. baby hairs
  7. baby hatch
  8. baby hatches
  9. baby jogger
  10. baby joggers
  11. baby juice

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