hairsbreadth meaning

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hairsbreadth (noun): a very small distance or space.

Definition of hairsbreadth

  1. a very small distance or space
    • they escaped by a hair's-breadth
    • they lost the election by a whisker

    Synonyms: hair's-breadth, hair, whisker

    Type of: small indefinite quantity

Scrabble score: 21 (letter breakdown)

Word lists: words starting with HA · words ending in TH · 12-letter words

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