hairline

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
11
Words With Friends
12
Letters
8
Pronunciation
/ˈhɛɹˌlaɪn/ (US)

Definition of hairline

4 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. The line along one's forehead where hair starts growing.
    “It's just a receding hairline — it's not like you're going bald.”
    “Using a Danish technique, doctors can now insert plugs of just one or two hairs in front of an implanted area to simulate a natural hairline.”
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noun

  1. The line along one's forehead where hair starts growing.
    “It's just a receding hairline — it's not like you're going bald.”
    “Using a Danish technique, doctors can now insert plugs of just one or two hairs in front of an implanted area to simulate a natural hairline.”
  2. A very thin line in writing, drawing, or typography.
  3. (figuratively)A very thin fissure.
    “While inspecting the new house, we found a few hairlines in one of the walls.”
    “There was a hairline crack in the airplane's wing.”
    “Yup, you got a crack in it [the cylinder head] all right. Just a hairline, but that damn thing is gonna cause a big headache later.”
  4. A fishing line made from hair.

Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.

Etymology

From hair + line.

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