hairsbreadth
Use Hairsbreadth in a sentence
noun
1.
a very small space or distance: We escaped an accident by a hairsbreadth.
adjective
2.
extremely narrow or close.
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| hairsbreadth | |
noun | |
| a very small distance or space; "they escaped by a hair's-breadth"; "they lost the election by a whisker" [syn: hair's-breadth] |
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Hairsbreadth
is always a great word to know.
So is ort. Does it mean:
| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
| a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare. |
Example sentences
His actions were a hairsbreadth away from being insulting.
Come see computers in control of metal cutting, and marvel at machines that make a hairsbreadth sound crude.
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