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A very small amount or distance.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: idiomatic
Examples
- 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.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
9 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Finnish:
karvan verran
— very small amount or distance
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Finnish:
hitunen
— very small amount or distance
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German:
Haaresbreite
— very small amount or distance
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Ancient Greek:
ἐν χρῷ
(en khrōî)
— very small amount or distance
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Hebrew:
כְּחוּט הַשַֹּעֲרָה
(k'ẖut hasa'rá)
— very small amount or distance
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Hungarian:
hajszálnyi
— very small amount or distance
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Plautdietsch:
Hoabreet
— very small amount or distance
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Polish:
piczy włos
— very small amount or distance
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Welsh:
lled blewyn
— very small amount or distance
