width
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- 1How far something measures from one side to the other.
Like measuring how far it is from one edge of a road to the other.
We measured the width of the table before buying a cloth.
The river's width made it hard to swim across.
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- 2The quality of being wide rather than narrow.
Like how wide and open a big field feels.
The width of the room made it feel open and airy.
Visitors admired the width of the sandy beach.
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- 3A piece of cloth measured across its shorter side.
Like one long strip cut from a big roll of cloth.
She bought one width of fabric to make the curtains.
A single width of cloth was enough for the small window.
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- 4Using the whole space across the field, from one side to the other.
Like spreading out across a whole room instead of crowding in the middle.
Our wingers stretched the play and used the full width of the field.
The team needs more width to pull defenders apart.
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- 5The sideways gap between the batsman and the ball as it goes past.
Like leaving someone enough space to one side to swing their arms freely.
The bowler gave away too much width, and the batsman cut it for four.
Bowling with that much width lets the batsman hit freely.
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Origin
Made from the word "wide" plus "-th," an ending that makes a noun. It first appeared around the end of the 1500s.