noun
width
WIHTTH
noun
1
The measurement or extent of something from side to side.
"Measure the width of the doorway before buying the sofa."
"The pool has a width of ten metres."
2
A piece of material of a certain width, especially fabric.
"The curtain was made from three widths of cotton sewn together."
"Buy an extra width of fabric for the hem."
How to Use Width
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishHow wide something is — its side-to-side measurement.
Common mistake
"Wide" is the adjective ("a wide road"); "width" is the noun ("the width of the road").
Easily confused with
Common pairings
width of
full width
measure the width
Word Forms
widths plural
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Etymology
From wide plus the suffix -th (as in "length" from "long"), first recorded around the 16th century.