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   breadth

   /bredTH/

   noun

   • 1. the distance or measurement from side to side of something; width: "the boat measured 27 feet in breadth" Similar widthbroadnesswidenessthicknessspanspreaddiameterbeam
   • ▪ wide range or extent: "she has the advantage of breadth of experience" Similar rangeextentscopewidthdepthamplitudeextensivenesscomprehensivenessall-inclusivenessspreadsweepreachcompassmagnitudescaledegreeOpposite narrownesslimitedness
   • ▪ a piece of cloth of standard or full width.
   • ▪ overall unity of artistic effect: "these masterpieces showed a new breadth of handling"

   Word Origin early 16th century: from obsolete brede in the same (related to broad) + -th2, on the pattern of length.

   Scrabble Points: 13

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