Meaning of “hair” in the English Dictionary

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hairnoun [ C or U ]

uk ​ /heər/ us ​ /her/

A1 the mass of thin thread-like structures on the head of a person, or any of these structures that grow out of the skin of a person or animal:

He's got short, dark hair.
I'm going to have/get my hair cut.
She brushed her long, red hair.
He had lost his hair by the time he was 25.
He's starting to get a few grey hairs now.
I found a hair in my soup.

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a hair's breadth
get in sb's hair
the hair of the dog (that bit you)
keep your hair on
make sb's hair stand on end
not a hair out of place
that'll put hairs on your chest!

(Definition of “hair” from the Cambridge Advanced Learner’s Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

"hair" in American English

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hairnoun

us ​ /heər/

› the mass of thin structures on the head of a person, or any of these structures that grow out of the skin of a person or animal:

[ U ] blond/curly/wavy hair
[ C ] I already have a few gray hairs.
[ U ] I have to get my hair cut this week.

(Definition of “hair” from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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