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width (widt̸h, witt̸h)

noun

  1. the fact, quality, or condition of being wide; wideness
  2. the size of something in terms of how wide it is; distance from side to side
  3. a piece of something of a certain width two widths of cloth

Etymology: < wide, by analogy with length, breadth

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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