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hairline

/ˈhɛɹˌlaɪn/

hairline noun: the line along one's forehead where hair starts growing.

Noun

hairline (plural hairlines)

  1. The line along one's forehead where hair starts growing.
    • It's just a receding hairline — it's not like you're going bald.
    • Using a Danish technique, doctors can now insert plugs of just one or two hairs in front of an implanted area to simulate a natural hairline.1984 May 28, Claudia Wallis, “Gone Today, but Hair Tomorrow”, in Time
  2. A very thin line in writing, drawing, or typography.
  3. (figuratively) A very thin fissure.
    • While inspecting the new house, we found a few hairlines in one of the walls.
    • There was a hairline crack in the airplane's wing.
  4. A fishing line made from hair.

hairline meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu

hairline in Hindi

हेयरलाइन

hairline in Tamil

கூந்தல் கோடு

hairline in Marathi

केसांची रेषा, केसांची रेखा, केसांची पट्टी

hairline in Urdu

مانگ
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hairline in Bengali
হেয়ারলাইন
hairline in Telugu
హెయిర్లైన్, హెయిర్ లైన్, వెంట్రుకల రేఖ
hairline in Malayalam
ഹെയർലൈൻ, ഹെയർ ലൈൻ
hairline in Kannada
ಕೂದಲೆಳೆ, ತೆಳುವಾದ, ಕೂದಲಿನಷ್ಟು ತೆಳುವಾದದ್ದು
hairline in Punjabi
ਵਾਲਾਂ ਦੀ ਲਾਈਨ, ਵਾਲਾਂ ਦੀ ਰੇਖਾ, ਵਾਲ ਰੇਖਾ
hairline in Gujarati
વાળની રેખા, વાળની પટ્ટી, વાળની દોરી
hairline in Odia
ହେଯ଼ାରଲାଇନ, କେଶର ରେଖା, କେଶ ରେଖା
hairline in Nepali
केश रेखा, केशरेखा, हेयरलाइन

Examples of hairline in a sentence

  • Small dig below hairline on neck, some scattered contact marks but overall a lovely milk chocolatey hue.
  • His hairline had moved an inch or so higher than where it used to sit.
  • Because the porcelain is so thin, even hairline cracks can radically affect the value.

All 12 example sentences with hairline

Forms of hairline

pluralhairlines

Plural of hairline: hairlines

Origin of hairline

From hair + line.

Words formed from hairline

Questions about hairline

What does hairline mean?
Hairline means the line along one's forehead where hair starts growing.
What is hairline in Hindi?
Hairline in Hindi is हेयरलाइन. See Hairline meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is hairline?
Hairline is a noun.
How do you pronounce hairline?
Hairline is pronounced /ˈhɛɹˌlaɪn/ (US).
What is the plural of hairline?
The plural of hairline is hairlines.

Words near hairline in the dictionary

  1. hairlet
  2. hairlets
  3. hairlift
  4. hairlifts
  5. hairlike
  6. hairline
  7. hairlined
  8. hairlines
  9. hairlining
  10. hairlock
  11. hairlocks

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Adapted from Wiktionary: hairline (page history and authors); hairline (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); hairline (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); hairline (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); hairline (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); hairline (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); hairline (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); hairline (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); hairline (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); hairline (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); hairline (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); hairline (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); hairline (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). 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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