Hairlike

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Resembling hair; having the texture, consistency, or appearance of hair.

    "Near-synonym: furlike"

Adjective
  1. 1
    long and slender with a very small internal diameter wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
;bristlelikecapillarycapillarycirrosecirrous

Example

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"The moss grew in a hairlike mass over the rocks."

Etymology

From hair + -like.

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