double-wide

or double·wide

[ duhb-uhl-wahyd ]

/ ˈdʌb əlˈwaɪd /

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adjective

twice the usual width: double-wide mobile homes consisting of two sections bolted together.

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Also dou·ble-width

[duhb-uhl-width, -witth or, often, -with]. /ˈdʌb əlˈwɪdθ, -ˈwɪtθ or, often, -ˈwɪθ/.

Origin of double-wide

First recorded in 1965–70

Words nearby double-wide

double-u, double up, double vision, double whip, double wicket, double-wide, double wingback formation, doubleword, doubling, doubloon, doublure

How to use double-wide in a sentence

The email appears to have been a relatively common attempt to gain personal information from a wide range of unwitting victims.
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Sprawled on chaise lounges with their knees high in the air and their legs spread wide.
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An escort who goes by the name of “Tommy” has experienced a wide variety of female clients.
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And Ollie says, ‘Oh, I see, well, let me have two double vodka martinis.’
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But instead of just quietly releasing a statement through a publicist, she broadcasted her anger far and wide.
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Under the one-sixth they appear as slender, highly refractive fibers with double contour and, often, curled or split ends.
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In cross-section the burrows varied from round (three inches in diameter) to oval (three inches high and four inches wide).
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In treble, second and fourth, the first change is a dodge behind; and the second time the treble leads, there's a double Bob.
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Her eyes, for a moment, fixed themselves with a horrid conviction of a wide and nameless treachery.
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The streets here are rather wide for an Italian city but would be deemed intolerably narrow in America.
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