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
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.
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For wider trees, consider adding an extra 100 to 200 lights per additional foot of width and always keep an extra string of lights handy to fill in any dark spots.
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Cody Godwin, USA Today, 4 Dec. 2025
Door widths, hinge properties, handle shapes, and textures were all varied extensively.
—Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 4 Dec. 2025
Satellite imagery showed that a section of the Peusangan River in the northern province of Aceh had doubled in width, submerging its banks particularly around a small dam.
—Mithil Aggarwal, NBC news, 3 Dec. 2025
Stern’s design, woven through and behind the original 1908 building and the 1939 addition that gave the museum its full-block width, is transformative yet inconspicuous, embodying his values of understated patriotism, historical preservation, tastefulness, and memory.
—Justin Davidson, Curbed, 3 Dec. 2025
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Cody Godwin, USA Today, 4 Dec. 2025
Door widths, hinge properties, handle shapes, and textures were all varied extensively.
—Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 4 Dec. 2025
Satellite imagery showed that a section of the Peusangan River in the northern province of Aceh had doubled in width, submerging its banks particularly around a small dam.
—Mithil Aggarwal, NBC news, 3 Dec. 2025
Stern’s design, woven through and behind the original 1908 building and the 1939 addition that gave the museum its full-block width, is transformative yet inconspicuous, embodying his values of understated patriotism, historical preservation, tastefulness, and memory.
—Justin Davidson, Curbed, 3 Dec. 2025
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 7 Dec. 2025.
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