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width
CIDE DICTIONARY
width, n. [From Wide.].
The quality of being wide; extent from side to side; breadth; wideness; as, the width of cloth; the width of a door. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
width, n.
1 measurement or distance from side to side.
2 a large extent.
3 breadth or liberality of thought, views, etc.
4 a strip of material of full width as woven.
1 measurement or distance from side to side.
2 a large extent.
3 breadth or liberality of thought, views, etc.
4 a strip of material of full width as woven.
Derivative
widthways adv. widthwise adv.
Etymology
17th c. (as WIDE, -TH(2)) replacing wideness
THESAURUS
width
ambit, amplitude, area, beam, bigness, body, breadth, broadness, bulk, caliber, circle, compass, coverage, depth, diameter, dimension, dimensions, distance across, expanse, expansion, extension, extent, fullness, gauge, girth, greatness, height, largeness, latitude, length, magnitude, mass, measure, measurement, orbit, panorama, proportion, proportions, radius, range, reach, scale, scope, size, span, spread, volume, widenessROGET THESAURUS
width
Thickness,
N breadth, thickness, breadth, width, latitude, amplitude, diameter, bore, caliber, radius, superficial extent, thickness, crassitude, corpulence, dilation, broad, wide, ample, extended, discous, fanlike, outspread, outstretched, wide as a church-door, latifoliate, latifolous, thick, dumpy, squab, squat, thickset, thick as a rope.For further exploring for "width" in Webster Dictionary Online