width

/wɪθ/

/wɪdθ/

Other forms: widths

The noun width means the measurement of an object from one side to the other. The width of your twin bed is less than the width of your parents' queen-sized bed.

When you're talking about the dimensions of something, specifically how wide it is, you're discussing its width. The width of your backyard might not lend itself to a full croquet court, but you can still play horseshoes back there. And the width of the streets in some Midwestern cities might surprise you if you're used to narrow New England roads. Before the word width gained popularity in the 1620s, people used the now less common wideness instead.

Definitions of width

1. noun

   the extent of something from side to side
   synonyms: breadth

   types:

   broadness, wideness

   the property of being wide; having great width

   beam

   (nautical) breadth amidships

   narrowness

   the property of being narrow; having little width

   heaviness, thickness

   used of a line or mark

   fineness, thinness

   the property of being very narrow or thin

   type of:

   dimension

   the magnitude of something in a particular direction (especially length or width or height)