hairbreadth

(-brĕdth), Hair's· breadth (hârz"-)

The diameter or breadth of a hair; a very small distance; sometimes, definitely, the forty-eighth part of an inch. [Also spelled hairsbreadth.]

Every one could sling stones at an hairbreadth and not miss.

Judg. xx. 16.

Hair·breadth
a.

Having the breadth of a hair; very narrow; as, a hairbreadth escape.

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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: a very small distance or space
  Synonyms: hair's-breadth, hair

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - med et hårs bredde, med nød og næppe
n. - hårsbredde

Nederlands (Dutch)
haarbreed(te)

Français (French)
adj. - de justesse, d'un poil
n. - (fig) (un) poil, (un) cheveu, (de) justesse

Deutsch (German)
adj. - hauchdünn, haarscharf
n. - Haaresbreite, winzige Kleinigkeit

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - απειροελάχιστης απόστασης

Italiano (Italian)
vicinissimo, a un capello

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - muito estreito, muito perto

Русский (Russian)
минимальная ширина

Español (Spanish)
adj. - pelo, por un pelo, por los pelos
n. - pelo, por un pelo, por los pelos

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - hårfin skillnad, minimalt mellanrum
adj. - hårfin

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
间不容发的, 距离极短的, 间不容发的宽度

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 間不容髮的, 距離極短的
n. - 間不容髮的寬度

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 매우 좁은, 아슬아슬한
n. - 털끝만한 틈, 아주 좁은 간격

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - きわどい
n. - 毛ほどの隙

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) عرض شعرة, مسافه ضئيله (صفه) بشق النفس, بمعجزة‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮כחוט השערה‬
n. - ‮רוחב השערה‬

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