width

[ width, witth or, often, with ]
/ wɪdθ, wɪtθ or, often, wɪθ /
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noun

extent from side to side; breadth; wideness.
a piece of the full wideness, as of cloth.

Origin of width

1620–30; wide + -th1, modeled on breadth, etc.

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH width

width with

Words nearby width

widow's mite, widow's peak, widow's walk, widower, widowhood, width, widthwise, widukind, wie geht's, wieland, wield

Words related to width

diameter, girth, span, scope, thickness, amplitude, area, stretch, measure, reach, expanse, range, extent, compass, broadness

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British Dictionary definitions for width

width
/ (wɪdθ) /

noun

the linear extent or measurement of something from side to side, usually being the shortest dimension or (for something fixed) the shortest horizontal dimension
the state or fact of being wide
a piece or section of something at its full extent from side to side a width of cloth
the distance across a rectangular swimming bath, as opposed to its length

Word Origin for width

C17: from wide + -th 1, analogous to breadth