breadth
noun
the measure of the second largest dimension of a plane or solid figure; width.
breadths
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pluralof breadth.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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John B. Read’s lighting now makes less marvelous effects from the depths and breadths of the Met stage.
From New York Times ● Jul. 1, 2014
Meg, who went shopping in the afternoon and got a ‘sweet blue muslin’, had discovered, after she had cut the breadths off, that it wouldn’t wash, which mishap made her slightly cross.
From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott
She threw off the carpet slippers, and reached under the breadths of the silver gray skirt for her new shoes.
From The Tobacco Tiller A Tale of the Kentucky Tobacco Fields by Sarah Bell Hackley
The regulation bunting as used in the navy is made in 9 in. widths, and the flag classes in size according to the number of breadths of bunting of which it is composed.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 4 "Finland" to "Fleury, Andre" by Various
And there are being revealed breadths and depths of real religion that we had not understood.
From Religion and the War by Various
