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hairbreadth

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Canada/ˈhɛɹˌbɹɛdθ/

hairbreadth is the alternative form of hair's breadth.

Meaning of hair's breadth

Noun

hair's breadth (plural hairs' breadths)

  1. (idiomatic) A very small amount or distance.
    • hair's-breadth escapes [narrow escapes]

Forms of hairbreadth

pluralhairbreadths

Origin of hairbreadth

From hair + breadth.

Questions about hairbreadth

What is hairbreadth the alternative form of?
Hairbreadth is the alternative form of hair's breadth.
How do you pronounce hairbreadth?
Hairbreadth is pronounced /ˈhɛɹˌbɹɛdθ/ (Canada).

Words near hairbreadth in the dictionary

  1. hairbowed
  2. hairbows
  3. hairbrain
  4. hairbrained
  5. hairbrains
  6. hairbreadth
  7. hairbreadths
  8. hairbrush
  9. hairbrushed
  10. hairbrushes
  11. hairbrushing

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Adapted from Wiktionary: hairbreadth (page history and authors); hair's breadth (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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