hair's-breadth

hairs·breadth

H h

Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [hairz-bredth, -bretth, -breth]
- /ˈhɛərzˌbrɛdθ, -ˌbrɛtθ, -ˌbrɛθ/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [hairz-bredth, -bretth, -breth]
- /ˈhɛərzˌbrɛdθ, -ˌbrɛtθ, -ˌbrɛθ/

Definitions of hair's-breadth word

noun hair's-breadth a very small space or distance: We escaped an accident by a hairsbreadth. 1
adjective hair's-breadth extremely narrow or close. 1

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Origin of hair's-breadth

First appearance:

before 1575

One of the 34% oldest English words

First recorded in 1575-85

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Parts of speech for Hair's-breadth

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

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hair's-breadth popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 46% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

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