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Word entry · 4 letters

hair

Best crossword clue

"Comb target"

4 letters · collected on this word page

4 lettersPronunciation /ˈhɛə̯/Part of speech nounSorted ahirStarts with HEnds with R9 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. a filamentous projection or process on an organism

Word origin

From Middle English her, heer, hær, from Old English hǣr, from Proto-West Germanic *hār, from Proto-Germanic *hērą (“hair”), from Proto-Indo-European *kes- (“to scrape, comb”).

Used in a sentence

  • And draweth new delights with hoary hairs.
  • Threading its way out from among his grey hairs, and continuing right down one side of his tawny scorched face and neck, till it disappeared in his clothing, you saw a slender rod-like mark, lividly whitish.
  • In the western world, women usually have long hair while men usually have short hair.

Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0

Used as a crossword answer9 curated clues

01Comb target4 letters
02Head covering, naturally4 letters
03Head strands4 letters
04Salon focus4 letters
05Salon subject4 letters
06Strands on the head4 letters
07What a barber cuts4 letters
08What a comb straightens4 letters

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