width

[width, witth, with]

noun

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

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

width

/ 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

Word History and Origins

Origin of width¹

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of width¹

C17: from _wide + _-th ¹ , analogous to _breadth

Example Sentences

It’s a black blade that starts off skinny at the hilt and progressively increases in width, like Mr. Choi’s cricket paddles.

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Called tablets, these long wooden tags ranged from six to sixteen inches in length and up to one-and-a-half inches in width.

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With a width of 900 meters, it is the largest verified crater from this period -- surpassing Russia's Macha crater, which measures 300 meters and was previously considered the biggest Holocene impact site.

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His record-breaking set up was quite typical: a Rose commuter bike with a flat bar and slick, 50 millimeter width tires, standard pressure.

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"At that time, the pitch didn't have to be a fixed width as long as it was above a certain minimum. So I made it the absolute minimum," Souness told FourFourTwo.

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Related Words

• diameter 
• girth 
• scope 
• span 
• thickness