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The correct spelling is hairs.
How to pronounce hairs
noun
Say it like: Hay-rs
The correct spelling is hairs. A pigmented filament of keratin which grows from a follicle on the skin of humans and other mammals. For example: "In the western world, women usually have long hair while men usually have short hair."
Usage Examples
“In the western world, women usually have long hair while men usually have short hair.”
“Internal hairs occur in the flower stalk of the yellow frog lily (Nuphar).”
“Just a little louder please—turn that knob a hair to the right.”
Definition
noun
- 1.A pigmented filament of keratin which grows from a follicle on the skin of humans and other mammals.
- 2.The collection or mass of such growths growing from the skin of humans and animals, and forming a covering for a part of the head or for any part or the whole body.
- 3.A slender outgrowth from the chitinous cuticle of insects, spiders, crustaceans, and other invertebrates. Such hairs are totally unlike those of vertebrates in structure, composition, and mode of growth.
- 4.A cellular outgrowth of the epidermis, consisting of one or of several cells, whether pointed, hooked, knobbed, or stellated.
- 5.A locking spring or other safety device in the lock of a rifle, etc., capable of being released by a slight pressure on a hair-trigger.
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