hair's breadth



hair's breadth

A very small amount or short length. After wandering around the forest for an hour thinking we were lost, it turned out that we were only a hair's breadth away from our campsite. The seal is air-tight—there's not a hair's breadth between the door and the frame.
See also: breadth

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Ueli-German (Swiss)
PeonyPEE-ə-neeEnglish (Rare)
Achard-Old Norman
Iosifee-O-seef (Russian), YO-seef (Romanian)Russian, Romanian, Greek
Irma['ɜ:mə]
Seleukos-Ancient Greek