hairsbreadth

Noun

Meaning

a very small distance or space

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

hair inch millimeter haired whisker millimetre tomentum hairbreadth mm hair's breadth

Hypernyms

small indefinite amount small indefinite quantity

Examples

Mark how fleeting and paltry is the estate of man - yesterday in embryo, tomorrow a mummy or ashes. So for the hairsbreadth of time assigned to thee, live rationally, and part with life cheerfully, as drops the ripe olive, extolling the season that bore it and the tree that matured it. Marcus Aurelius

they escaped by a hair's-breadth Source: Internet

they lost the election by a whisker Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

hairpuller hairpulling hairraising hairscale hairsedge hairshaft