1
: the horizontal measurement taken at right angles to the length : breadth
2
: largeness of extent or scope
3
: a measured and cut piece of material
a width of calico
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Examples of width in a Sentence
What is the width of the table?
She carefully measured the length and width of the room.
The deck runs the full width of the house.
The carpet is available in several widths.
We swam ten widths in the pool.
I bought two widths of fabric.
Recent Examples on the Web
Both the owner’s suite and the VIP measure the full width of the 28-foot beam.
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Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 16 July 2024
Topo is then able to fit in a super-queen-size 72 x 80-in (183 x 203-cm, full-size truck variant) bed area that Australians would call a proper king (Americans add an extra 4 in of width to that label).
—New Atlas, 10 July 2024
Where needed, pruning can be performed at this time to remove out-of-bounds shoots and reduce plant height and width.
—Tom MacCubbin, Orlando Sentinel, 6 July 2024
The narrowness of a vital shipping channel near Singapore, the Malacca Strait, as well as the width of the Panama and Suez canals would complicate efforts to make ships larger.
—Hayes Gardner, Baltimore Sun, 28 June 2024
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Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 16 July 2024
Topo is then able to fit in a super-queen-size 72 x 80-in (183 x 203-cm, full-size truck variant) bed area that Australians would call a proper king (Americans add an extra 4 in of width to that label).
—New Atlas, 10 July 2024
Where needed, pruning can be performed at this time to remove out-of-bounds shoots and reduce plant height and width.
—Tom MacCubbin, Orlando Sentinel, 6 July 2024
The narrowness of a vital shipping channel near Singapore, the Malacca Strait, as well as the width of the Panama and Suez canals would complicate efforts to make ships larger.
—Hayes Gardner, Baltimore Sun, 28 June 2024
See all Example Sentences for width
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“Width.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/width. Accessed 27 Jul. 2024.
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