body hair
/ˈbɒ.diˌhɛː(ɹ)/
body hair noun: hair of the body; in particular, androgenic hair, to the exclusion of facial hair and the hair atop one's head.
Noun
body hair (countable and uncountable, plural body hairs)
- Hair of the body; in particular, androgenic hair, to the exclusion of facial hair and the hair atop one's head.
- An individual strand of such hair.
- If I were the water of your bath/I would send part of me to gather/in the recess of your navel.../and there my temperature would rise to match yours/and I would move your body hairs like plants of the sea/in and out with the tide/created by your movement.1984 February 11, James R. Wetter, “The Water of Your Bath”, in Gay Community News, volume 11, number 29, page 8
body hair meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
body hair in Hindi
- body hair
- रोंगटा roṅgṭā, रोआँ roā̃, रोमांचित romāñcit
body hair in Tamil
- உடல்மயிர்
body hair in Urdu
- رونگٹا
body hair in Bengali
- androgenic hair
- লোম lōm
More languagesFewer languages
- body hair in Kannada
- ಅಂಕುರ aṅkura
- body hair in Punjabi
- ਰੋਮ rom
- body hair in Gujarati
- રુવાંટી ruvā̃ṭī
- body hair in Sanskrit
- रोमन् róman
- body hair in Assamese
- নোম nüm
- body hair in Thai
- ขน kǒn
Forms of body hair
| plural | body hairs |
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Questions about body hair
- What does body hair mean?
- Body hair means hair of the body; in particular, androgenic hair, to the exclusion of facial hair and the hair atop one's head.
- What is body hair in Hindi?
- Body hair in Hindi is रोंगटा (roṅgṭā), रोआँ (roā̃), रोमांचित (romāñcit). See Body hair meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is body hair?
- Body hair is a noun.
- How do you pronounce body hair?
- Body hair is pronounced /ˈbɒ.diˌhɛː(ɹ)/.
- What is the plural of body hair?
- The plural of body hair is body hairs.
Words near body hair in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: body hair (page history and authors); रोंगटा (Hindi) (page history and authors); body hair (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); body hair (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ಅಂಕುರ (Kannada) (page history and authors); ਰੋਮ (Punjabi) (page history and authors); रोमन् (Sanskrit) (page history and authors); নোম (Assamese) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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