hair stroke
- noun
- Specialized
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- In calligraphy, mastering the hair stroke is essential for achieving elegant lettering.
Examples
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Using a light touch, she created a hair stroke that enhanced the overall design of her artwork.
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The artist used a hair stroke technique to add delicate details to the painting.
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Because what that does is it actually fills that area in, but also gives, you know, a nice feathered kind of hair stroke look.
Synonyms
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4.1
A very thin, barely visible line that appears in objects like glass
Antonyms
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3.7
A strong clear line in drawing or painting that shows shape and makes parts stand out
How Fine
- Specialized
1
3.7
Surface Forms
Morphology
The compound combines 'hair' (hair-like) with 'stroke' (a single mark), so the meaning of very fine, hair-like marks used to imitate brows is directly derivable from the parts. This is a straightforward descriptive compound following normal English composition and is likely understandable to a B1 learner who knows both words.
Etymology
Hair stroke may come from the simple picture of a very thin pen line that looks like a single hair. Because each light stroke makes such a fine line, the phrase means 'a very thin line' in writing and printing.