HAIRSBREADTH meaning: Very small, narrow unit of measurement

We found 17 dictionaries that define the word hairsbreadth:

General (16 matching dictionaries)

hairsbreadth: Merriam-Webster
hairsbreadth: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
hairsbreadth: Vocabulary.com
hairsbreadth: Wordnik
hairsbreadth: Wiktionary
hairsbreadth: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
hairsbreadth (hairbreadth): The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
hairsbreadth: Infoplease Dictionary
hair'sbreadth, hairsbreadth: Dictionary.com
Hair'sbreadth: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
hairsbreadth: Rhymezone
Hair'sbreadth: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
hairsbreadth: FreeDictionary.org
hairsbreadth: Mnemonic Dictionary
hairsbreadth: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)

hairsbreadth: Encyclopedia

(Note: See hairsbreadths as well.)

Google, News, Images, Wikipedia, Reddit, BlueSky

Definitions from Wiktionary (

)

▸ noun: Alternative form of hair's breadth: a very short distance or a very small amount (as is the width of a hair). [(idiomatic) A very small amount or distance.]

Similar:

hair, thumbsbreadth, hairsplit, spitting distance, fingerwidth, shave, bristlet, narrow squeak, trifle, whisker, more...

Opposite:

wide, broad, spacious, expansive

▸ Words similar to hairsbreadth

▸ Usage examples for hairsbreadth

▸ Idioms related to hairsbreadth

▸ Wikipedia articles (New!)

▸ Popular adjectives describing hairsbreadth

▸ Words that often appear near hairsbreadth

▸ Rhymes of hairsbreadth

▸ Invented words related to hairsbreadth

Color thesaurus

Literary notes

Word games