hairlinenoun [ C ]
uk/ˈheə.laɪn/us/ˈher.laɪn/the edge of a person's hair, especially along the top of the forehead (= part of the face above the eyes):
He's got a receding hairline (= he's losing his hair at the front of the head).
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The head & face
- -cheeked
- -chinned
- -faced
- beak
- chin
- countenance
- dimple
- facial
- facies
- frontalis
- mandible
- nape
- neck
- nose
- nucha
- nuchal
- pes anserinus
- splenius
- temple
- temporal
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hairlineadjective [ before noun ]
uk/ˈheə.laɪn/us/ˈher.laɪn/(of cracks or lines) very narrow:
a hairline fracture
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Thin and fine
- delicate
- elongate
- elongated
- fine
- finely
- fineness
- lean
- narrow
- paper-thin
- papery
- pencil-thin
- sheer
- slim
- slimline
- thin
- thinly
- wafer-thin
- waisted
- wasp-waisted
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