🧩 A piece 🎭 A role 🌓 Somewhat 🗺️ An area ↔️ To separate 🎼 A music line 💇 A hair line

part

4 2.3

A line on the head where the hair is divided

noun
/pɑrt/

: raya

I'll do my middle part and now this is the trick.

If you have a normal side part, it's going to look flat.

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Examples

The next hairstyle that absolutely blew up recently is the middle part, AKA the curtains.

Alex Costa
If you have a normal side part, it's going to look flat.

Alex Costa
Nine feet closer, and I would have had a different part in my hair.

Fiction book (1995)
So I'm going to take this part of my hair just kind of grab.
His hair was still damp and brushed neatly, with a part in the middle.

Fiction book (1992)
A few gnats zagged madly under the light above the careful part in Sennett's head.

Fiction book (2000)
To achieve a sleek look, create a straight part down the middle of your hair.
For a casual style, try flipping your hair to one side and making a side part.
She styled her hair with a deep part that complemented her face shape.

Synonyms

parting

vspart

1 3.8

A line on the head where hair is separated and combed in different directions

is the same meaning but uses a shorter one-word form

Idioms

in part

452 2.2

To some degree but not completely

for the most part

247 3.2

It happens in most cases but not always

till death do us part

Formal

16 7.5

A promise to stay married for the rest of both people's lives

part of the furniture

1 6.8

A person who has been at a place so long people hardly notice them

quiet part loud

Informal

1 9.9

To say openly something people normally keep secret

to say the quiet part loud

1 9.1

To openly say something people usually keep secret

Compounds

part-time

176 1.6

Working fewer hours than in a full-time job

body part

125 1.0

A part of a living body, like an arm or heart

part-time

67 1.4

For fewer hours than in a full-time job

spare part

Specialized

28 3.0

An extra item kept to replace a broken piece in a machine

two-part

26 3.4

Made of two parts

auto part

23 3.0

A piece of a car, like a wheel or battery, that helps it work

moving part

Specialized

14 3.1

A part inside a machine that moves, like a gear

car part

12 1.4

A piece of a car, like an engine or wheel

part-owner

12 3.5

A person who owns something together with other people

part-timer

9 3.0

A person who works fewer hours than full-time workers

component part

6 3.5

A single piece that makes up a larger object

bit part

6 4.1

A small acting role with few lines in a film or TV show

weak part

4 4.2

A place that is likely to fail or be harmed

part of speech

Specialized

2 3.5

A class of words like noun, verb, or adjective

four-part harmony

Specialized

2 5.5

Four voices singing different notes together to make a rich musical sound

three-part harmony

1 4.3

Three voices or instruments sing different notes together to make a full sound

bass part

Specialized

1 6.3

The lowest singing or instrument line that plays deep notes to support the music

part-time girlfriend

Informal

1 6.2

A woman who dates someone but is not a serious or exclusive partner

tenth part

1 1.0

One of ten equal parts of a whole

voice part

Specialized

1 3.4

A part of a song for singers who sing in the same range, for example soprano

twelfth part

1 2.2

One of twelve equal pieces of something

fourth part

1 1.0

One of four equal pieces of something

part name

1 4.0

A name for a part of something larger

after part

Specialized

1 9.1

The back part of a ship

imaginary part

Specialized

1 7.8

The number you multiply by i in a complex number, for example 3 in 5 + 3i

name part

Jargon

1 8.3

The role of the character whose name is in the title

fifth part

1 1.2

One of five equal parts of a whole

part-of-speech tagger

Specialized

1 4.6

A computer program that labels each word as a noun, verb, or adjective

thirty-second part

1 4.8

One of thirty-two equal pieces of a whole

part-singing

Specialized

1 6.0

Three or more voices sing different parts together to make harmony

part to whole relation

Specialized

1 7.0

A relation where a smaller part belongs to a larger whole, like a wheel and a car

sixteenth part

1 2.7

One of sixteen equal parts of a whole

aliquant part

Specialized

9.9

A whole number that does not divide another number evenly

aliquot part

Specialized

9.9

A whole number that divides another number exactly with no remainder

fixed-point part

Specialized

8.7

The part after the decimal point in a logarithm, for example .808 in log 643 = 2.808

fixed-point part

Specialized

8.4

The digits or bits after the decimal point that show fractional value in computer numbers

part music

Specialized

8.1

Music for several voices that sing different parts without instruments

whole to part relation

Specialized

7.5

A link showing how a thing is made of smaller pieces

Surface Forms

part singular

parts plural

Etymology

Part comes from the Latin pars ('piece' or 'share'), and it came to mean the line that divides hair into two pieces. So your hair part is simply the place where your hair is split into sections.