breadth


Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
breadth/bredθ/
noun
  • 1 the distance or measurement from side to side of something.

    ■ wide range: her breadth of experience.

  • 2 dated a piece of cloth of standard or full width.
– derivatives
breadthways (also breadthwise) adverb.
– origin C16: from obs. brede (rel. to broad), on the pattern of length.
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