What part of speech is hairs?

Hairs can be categorized as a noun.

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Parts of speech

  • 1. hairs is a noun, plural of hair.

Inflections

Noun

What does hairs mean?

Definitions

Noun

hair - a covering for the body (or parts of it) consisting of a dense growth of threadlike structures (as on the human head); helps to prevent heat loss; "he combed his hair"; "each hair consists of layers of dead keratinized cells"
hair - a filamentous projection or process on an organism
hair - any of the cylindrical filaments characteristically growing from the epidermis of a mammal; "there is a hair in my soup"
hair - filamentous hairlike growth on a plant; "peach fuzz"
hair - cloth woven from horsehair or camelhair; used for upholstery or stiffening in garments
hair - a very small distance or space; "they escaped by a hair's-breadth"; "they lost the election by a whisker"

Examples of hairs

#   Sentence  
1. noun That child's constant screaming gives me gray hairs.
2. noun Fiber-optic cables are made up of tiny glass fibers which are as thin as human hairs.
3. noun Don't split hairs.
4. noun How many hairs are there in a cat's tail?
5. noun He has unsightly hairs growing out of his ears.
6. noun How many hairs does a human being have on his head?
7. noun You're splitting hairs.
8. noun As they ran, their arms turned into legs, their faces lengthened into snouts and their backs became covered with long gray hairs.
9. noun The hairs on the violin bow should not be too taut.
10. noun You just complicate the argument when you split hairs that way.
11. noun True love is eternal, infinite, and always like itself. It is equal and pure, without violent demonstrations: it is seen with white hairs and is always young in the heart.
12. noun Let's not split hairs.
13. noun I have a few gray hairs already.
14. noun Sami shed three tiny hairs at the crime scene.
15. noun She pulled out some nose hairs to create tears and then knocked on the door.
Sentence  
noun
That child's constant screaming gives me gray hairs.
Fiber-optic cables are made up of tiny glass fibers which are as thin as human hairs.
Don't split hairs.
How many hairs are there in a cat's tail?
He has unsightly hairs growing out of his ears.
How many hairs does a human being have on his head?
You're splitting hairs.
As they ran, their arms turned into legs, their faces lengthened into snouts and their backs became covered with long gray hairs.
The hairs on the violin bow should not be too taut.
You just complicate the argument when you split hairs that way.
True love is eternal, infinite, and always like itself. It is equal and pure, without violent demonstrations: it is seen with white hairs and is always young in the heart.
Let's not split hairs.
I have a few gray hairs already.
Sami shed three tiny hairs at the crime scene.
She pulled out some nose hairs to create tears and then knocked on the door.

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