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Grammar : Noun

Spell : width, witth or, often, with

Phonetic Transcription : wɪdθ, wɪtθ or, often, wɪθ

Definition of width

Origin : 1620s, formed from wide on model of breadth, and replacing wideness. Johnson (1755) calls it "a low word."

noun breadth, wideness of some amount

Example sentences :

They were on the bank of a stream of some width, and apparently a deep and rapid one.
Extract from : « Harriet, The Moses of Her People » by Sarah H. Bradford

But I wuzn't moved by 'em so much as the width of a horse hair.
Extract from : « Samantha Among the Brethren, Part 2. » by Josiah Allen's Wife (Marietta Holley)

Therefore the line was cut out clear for a width of twenty feet.
Extract from : « The Forest » by Stewart Edward White

If intended for passages, the width must be directed when they are sent to the manufactory, as they are cut before painting.
Extract from : « The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, » by Mary Eaton

The width which in most cases it will be best to give it, is one-third of the width of the opening of the fire-place in front.
Extract from : « The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, » by Mary Eaton

This width is determined by Count Rumford from numerous experiments, and comparing all circumstances, to be four inches.
Extract from : « The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, » by Mary Eaton

But where the width of a grate is not more than five inches, it will be very difficult to prevent the fire from going out.
Extract from : « The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, » by Mary Eaton

If they are attached only by a part of the width of the gills, they are adnexed.
Extract from : « The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise » by M. E. Hard

Hugh watched them pass at the distance of the width of the nave.
Extract from : « A Son of Hagar » by Sir Hall Caine

The width of the table was between us, and he smote at me across it.
Extract from : « The Strolling Saint » by Raphael Sabatini

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