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
Two breadths of Turkish tapestry hung down over the doorway of the reception-room, thus obscuring its interior.
From An Ambitious Woman A Novel by Edgar Fawcett
Skull: Long and slender; rostrum long and narrow; zygomatic and mastoidal breadths slight; palatal pits deep; upper incisors narrow; basioccipital wide.
From The Pocket Gophers (Genus Thomomys) of Utah, Vol. 1 No. 1 Kansas University Publications. by Stephen D. Durrant
Still, in secret, I I clung to the hope of one day traversing the lengths and breadths and depths and heights of the world of science.
From Forty Years in the Wilderness of Pills and Powders Cogitations and Confessions of an Aged Physician by William A. (William Andrus) Alcott
