Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hair's breadth

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.47 in modern English

Syllables: hair's breadth
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

1

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A very small amount or distance.

Example Sentences

"hair's-breadth escapes [narrow escapes]"
"We won by a hair's breadth."
"He missed me by a hair's breadth when he ran past me yesterday."
"They came within a hair's breadth of contacting electrified water."
"Measure Maddalena, and measure Minerva, and, from forehead to chin, you won't find a hair's breadth of difference between them."
""And then at last I see him, and behold, my chance is gone but by a hair's breadth even before I have it, for he is in the very jaws of death, whence no power of mine can draw him.""

Inflected Forms

hairs' breadths (plural) hairsbreadth (alternative) hairbreadth (alternative)

Phrases

by a hair's breadth to a hair

Frequently Paired Words

to a hair

Synonyms

hairsbreadth hair whisker

Questions

What does hair's breadth mean?: A very small amount or distance.

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