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width

[ width, witthor, often, with ]

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noun

width

/ ��ɪ��θ /

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

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Origin of width¹

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

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Origin of width¹

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

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The pathologist also found bruising in the shape of parallel lines to her neck, consistent with a belt of about 3cm in width.

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But it is a role that does not exist in Amorim's formation, where wing-backs provide the width and inside forwards the penetration.

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Within those cables there are tiny strands of fiber optic material, the width of an eyelash.

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The safe return of Ben Doak to add width and pace, for sure.

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One wound — the one that had been squirting blood — went almost the width of his forearm.

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