width

American  

[width, witth, with] / wɪdθ, wɪtθ, wɪθ /

noun

1. extent from side to side; breadth; wideness.

2. a piece of the full wideness, as of cloth.

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width British  

/ wɪdθ /

noun

1. the linear extent or measurement of something from side to side, usually being the shortest dimension or (for something fixed) the shortest horizontal dimension

2. the state or fact of being wide

3. a piece or section of something at its full extent from side to side

   a width of cloth

4. the distance across a rectangular swimming bath, as opposed to its length

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Etymology

Origin of width

1620–30; wide + -th ¹, modeled on breadth, etc.

Example Sentences

No changes will be made to the width and level at which the band is centered.

From The Wall Street Journal

The heel bones also appear to have been sufficiently large to accommodate the tendon width required for this form of movement.

From Science Daily

The company delivers long lengths of pipe on wheels, from 600 feet to one mile, depending on the width of the pipe.

From Barron's

A player like Luke Shaw at left-back might keep his position as a third central defender in possession, for example, instead of playing high and wide, with another playing holding width.

From BBC

Drilling delivered high gold grades, strong widths, and mineralized extensions, says analyst Mike Millikan.

From The Wall Street Journal

Related Words

• diameter
• girth
• scope
• span
• thickness