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hairline

hairline

24 2.7
The edge where hair begins to grow on the head
  • noun
  • /ˈhɛrˌlaɪn/
translation icon : línea del cabello
  • Many people worry about their hairline as they notice it receding.

As the years progressed, so did his hairline and his baking skills.

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Examples

  • His hairline is well-defined and perfectly frames his face.

  • Handsome boy, got a good haircut, good hairline, strong Adam's apple.

  • Feels like real hair and got a good hairline happening with them.

  • But besides that, the hairline on this was the best ever.

  • You have a nice hairline, fine.

  • My hairline starts about here.

  • I am nearly 29 years old and first noticed hairline recession when I was around 25.

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  • We all know about the receding hairline.

  • Just blending that all into the hairline over the brows.

  • Yoshiko's hair had grown much longer, but at her hairline it was a little thinner than before.

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Compounds

A very thin crack in a bone that does not split it

A line of hair at the front that moves back as you lose hair

Surface Forms

hairline singular
hairlines plural

Morphology

hairline = hair + line (transparent) = hair + line

Denotes the boundary where hair grows — a literal compound of 'hair' and 'line' that learners can readily infer.

Etymology

The word hairline comes from the two simple words hair and line and originally meant a 'line of hair' at the front of the head. That's why hairline now refers to the edge where hair grows, as when someone has a receding hairline.