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What is "whisker" in English? Definition and Explanations

Updated: 30-06-2026 by Wikilanguages.net
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What does whisker mean in English? Meaning of whisker definition and abbreviation with examples.

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What is "whisker" in English? Definition and Explanations

Meaning of "whisker": a very small distance or space

Noun

  • Meaning: a very small distance or space
  • Example: they escaped by a hair's-breadth they lost the election by a whisker
  • Synonyms: hair hair's-breadth hairsbreadth whisker
  • Hypernyms: small indefinite amount small indefinite quantity

    • Meaning of "whisker": furnish with whiskers

    Verb

  • Meaning: furnish with whiskers
  • Example: a whiskered jersey
  • Synonyms: bewhisker whisker
  • Hypernyms: furnish provide render supply

    • Meaning of "whisker": a long stiff hair growing from the snout or brow of most mammals as e.g. a cat

    Noun

  • Meaning: a long stiff hair growing from the snout or brow of most mammals as e.g. a cat
  • Synonyms: sensory hair vibrissa whisker
  • Hypernyms: hair

    • Synonyms:

    hair, filament, bristle, breadth, trace, whiff, whisper, hair, fraction, touch, tinge, hairbreadth, hairsbreadth, hairs-breath,

    Antonyms:

    information, lot,

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