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hairlines

hairlines is the plural of hairline.

Meaning of hairline

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.
  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.
  4. A fishing line made from hair.

Questions about hairlines

What is hairlines the plural of?
Hairlines is the plural of hairline.

Words near hairlines in the dictionary

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

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Adapted from Wiktionary: hairlines (page history and authors); hairline (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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