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width

/wɪdθ/

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What does width mean?

noun

  1. The state of being wide.
  2. The measurement of the extent of something from side to side.
  3. A piece of material measured along its smaller dimension, especially fabric.
More meanings (2)

noun

  1. The horizontal distance between a batsman and the ball as it passes him.
  2. The use of all the width of the pitch, from one side to the other.

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IPA pronunciation

/wɪdθ/

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The pool is a beautiful sheet of water, seemingly about one hundred and fifty yards in length, by about seventy in width.
George BorrowWild Wales: Its People, Language and SceneryProject Gutenberg ebook #648
It is an aggregate of lawns, slopes, and glades, about eighteen miles in length, but never more than two miles in width.
Isabella L. (Isabella Lucy) BirdA Lady's Life in the Rocky MountainsProject Gutenberg ebook #755
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Upon the German and Russian sides this zone is of far greater depth, ranging up to 50 miles or so in width.
Frederick Arthur Ambrose TalbotAeroplanes and Dirigibles of WarProject Gutenberg ebook #793
An Angular Epeira, with a remarkably fine belly, has spun her web between two laurestine-shrubs, covering a width of nearly a yard.
Jean-Henri FabreThe Life of the SpiderTranslated by Alexander Teixeira de MattosProject Gutenberg ebook #1887
This pent-house was of the same width as the hut -- 13 feet -- and measured about 10 feet the other way.
Roald AmundsenThe South Pole; an account of the Norwegian Antarctic expedition in the "Fram," 1910-1912 — Volume 1Translated by Arthur G. ChaterProject Gutenberg ebook #3414