Definition of breadth

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Breadth (a.) Distance from side to side of any surface or thing; measure across, or at right angles to the length; width..

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Widen :: Widen (v. t.) To make wide or wider; to extend in breadth; to increase the width of; as, to widen a field; to widen a breach; to widen a stocking..
Amidships :: Amidships (adv.) In the middle of a ship, with regard to her length, and sometimes also her breadth..
Tressure :: Tressure (n.) A kind of border similar to the orle, but of only half the breadth of the latter..
Hair :: Hair (n.) Any very small distance, or degree; a hairbreadth..
Breadthwise :: Breadthwise (ads.) In the direction of the breadth.
Brachycephalous :: Brachycephalous (a.) Having the skull short in proportion to its breadth; shortheaded; -- in distinction from dolichocephalic.
Linear :: Linear (a.) Like a line; narrow; of the same breadth throughout, except at the extremities; as, a linear leaf..
Breadthwinner :: Breadthwinner (n.) The member of a family whose labor supplies the food of the family; one who works for his living.
Breadthways :: Breadthways (ads.) Breadthwise.
Breadthless :: Breadthless (a.) Without breadth.
Scantling :: Scantling (v. t.) The dimensions of a piece of timber with regard to its breadth and thickness; hence, the measure or dimensions of anything..
Footbreadth :: Footbreadth (n.) The breadth of a foot; -- used as a measure.
Breede :: Breede (n.) Breadth.
Bar :: Bar (n.) A piece of wood, metal, or other material, long in proportion to its breadth or thickness, used as a lever and for various other purposes, but especially for a hindrance, obstruction, or fastening; as, the bars of a fence or gate; the bar of a door..
Perch :: Perch (n.) In solid measure: A mass 16/ feet long, 1 foot in height, and 1/ feet in breadth, or 24/ cubic feet (in local use, from 22 to 25 cubic feet); -- used in measuring stonework..
Distent :: Distent (n.) Breadth.
Quotation :: Quotation (n.) A piece of hollow type metal, lower than type, and measuring two or more pica ems in length and breadth, used in the blank spaces at the beginning and end of chapters, etc..
Hair''sbreadth :: Hair'sbreadth () The diameter or breadth of a hair; a very small distance; sometimes, definitely, the forty-eighth part of an inch..
Broad :: Broad (superl.) Characterized by breadth. See Breadth.
Spread :: Spread (v. i.) To extend in length and breadth in all directions, or in breadth only; to be extended or stretched; to expand..
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