width

Definitions


[wɪtθ], (Noun)

Definitions:
- the measurement or extent of something from side to side; the lesser of two or the least of three dimensions of a body
(e.g: the yard was about seven feet in width)

- wide range or extent
(e.g: the width of experience required for these positions)


Phrases:

Origin:
late 16th century: from wide + -th, on the pattern of breadth (replacing wideness)




definition by Oxford Dictionaries