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   whisker

   /ˈwɪskə/

   noun

   • 1. a long projecting hair or bristle growing from the face or snout of many mammals.
   • ▪ the hair growing on a man's face, especially on his cheeks.
   • 2. a very small amount: informal "they won the election by a whisker"
   • 3. a single crystal of a material in the form of a filament with no dislocations.

   Word Origin late Middle English (originally denoting a bundle of feathers, twigs, etc., used for whisking): from the verb whisk + -er1.

   Derivatives

   • 1. whiskered adjective
   • 2. whiskery adjective

   Scrabble Points: 17

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