A very small distance or space:
— They lost the election by a whisker.

synonyms: hair, hair's-breadth, hairsbreadth.

Roget 256: roughness etc. adj.; tooth, grain, texture, ripple; asperity, rugosity^†, salebrosity^†, corrugation, nodosity^†; arborescence^† etc. 242; pilosity^†.    brush, hair, beard, shag, mane, whisker, moustache, imperial, tress, lock, curl, ringlet; fimbriae, pili, cilia, villi; lovelock; beaucatcher^†; curl paper; goatee; papillote, scalp lock.    plumage, plumosity^†; plume, panache, crest; feather, tuft, fringe, toupee.    wool, velvet, plush, nap, pile, floss, fur, down; byssus^†, moss, bur; fluff.    knot (convolution) 248.    ... show more

Dutch: haarbreedte

A long stiff hair growing from the snout or brow of most mammals as e.g. a cat.

synonyms: sensory hair, vibrissa.

Dutch: bakkebaarden, snor

Furnish with whiskers:
— A whiskered jersey.

synonym: bewhisker.