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hairline
[hair-lahyn]
noun
a very slender line.
the lower edge of the hair, especially along the upper forehead.
a hairline that slowly receded.
worsted fabric woven with very fine lines or stripes.
Printing.
adjective
narrow or fine as a hair.
a hairline fracture.
hairline
/ ˈɛəˌɪ /
noun
the natural margin formed by hair on the head
a very narrow line
( as modifier )
a hairline crack
printing
a thin stroke in a typeface
any typeface consisting of such strokes
thin lines beside a character, produced by worn or poorly cast type
a rope or line of hair
Example Sentences
The site's eventual closure was sealed when hairline cracks were found in the graphite bricks which make up its nuclear cores.
This process also allowed us to use Pax paint over the Opsite to even further hide his natural hairline.
Standing nearby was a man whose hairline was desperately trying to escape his head, yet somehow, he was still rocking a ponytail, fighting for its life.
Looming largest on the fixture list though are South Africa, who won a whole Rugby World Cup on the back of a deep squad, belief that ran down to the bootlaces and hairline solitary-point wins.
The BBC compared this footage with photographs of Andrei from hundreds of social media profiles and found a match - the same hairline, the same mole on the neck, and clear evidence of a leg injury.
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