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
'Ovadyah-Biblical Hebrew
Augustinus-Ancient Roman
Themba-Southern African, Zulu
Jurian-Medieval Low German
ElinorEL-ə-nawrEnglish
Aithan-Biblical Greek