hairline
a very slender line.
the lower edge of the hair, especially along the upper forehead: a hairline that slowly receded.
narrow or fine as a hair: a hairline fracture.
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How to use hairline in a sentence
Face filters that add puppy ears to your hairline or make your lips appear bigger sit on a sophisticated technical infrastructure for AR and VR that the company, which owns Instagram as well as WhatsApp, has built to support such effects.
Unlike a traditional snorkel mask, which covers only the eyes and nose, a full face mask surrounds your entire face from your hairline to your chin.
The best full face snorkel mask for all your aquatic adventures | Florie Korani | July 26, 2021 | Popular-ScienceSlowly, I walked my fingertips into my hairline and discovered one bump, two bumps, three bumps.
I Visited My Grandkids After 16 Months and Realized How Much the Pandemic Had Changed Me | Connie Schultz | May 18, 2021 | TimeBy summer, she was sporting a band of gray along her hairline — not ideal for a writer about to have photos taken for the release of her first book.
A solution to pandemic hair: A barber in your backyard | Tara Bahrampour | March 10, 2021 | Washington PostWhen you’re finished perfecting your beard and mustache, you can use electric shavers for the precise manscaping of other body parts, from the top of your head to your sideburns, hairline, back of your neck, and all the way down.
Best electric shaver: Get a smooth shave with our picks | Jeremy Helligar | December 18, 2020 | Popular-Science
Manning is a broad man with salt and pepper hair, a receding hairline, and rimless glasses.
He is a relatively young man with a trim, tight beard and receding hairline.
hairline receded, the threat of winning decidedly muted, Roger Federer is almost 32.
Bennett is youthful and dimpled, a receding hairline the only indication of any worldly experience.
Khushwant Singh: “Despite his receding hairline he is an incredibly handsome young man.”
He readjusted the slide rule and slid the hairline over a bit.
Islands of Space | John W CampbellMcNeil—chap with brown hair, brown eyes, a right eyebrow which quirks up toward his hairline when he smiles?
The Time Traders | Andre NortonNor did a large gray louse that crawled from her hairline across her forehead and back again affect her in the slightest.
The Syndic | C.M. KornbluthThe difference between success and failure is the hairline difference between caring and ceasing to care for one's investment.
The Good Housekeeping Marriage Book | VariousHe had an engaging black face marred by three straight hairline scars that ran in a diagonal across his cheeks.
The Egyptian Cat Mystery | Harold Leland Goodwin
British Dictionary definitions for hairline
/ (ˈhɛəˌlaɪn) /
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
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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