English Explanatory Dictionary

breadth

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

The extent or measure of how broad or wide something is; width.
A piece of fabric of standard width.
Scope or range, especially of knowledge or skill.
A style in painting in which details are strictly subordinated to the harmony of the whole composition.
The length of the longest path between two vertices in a graph.

Pronunciation

/bɹɛdθ/ /bɹɛtθ/ /bɹɛθ/ En-us-breadth.ogg

Word forms

breadth breadths

Etymology

From Middle English bredthe, alteration (due to nouns ending in -th: length, strength, wrength, etc.) of brede ("breadth"; see bread). Equivalent to broad + -th (abstract nominal suffix). Cognate with Scots bredth (“breadth”), Saterland Frisian Bratte (“breadth”), West Frisian breedte (“breadth”), Dutch breedte (“breadth”), German Low German Breddte, Breddt (“breadth”), German Breite (“breadth”), Danish bredde (“breadth”), Norwegian Bokmål bredde (“breadth”), Swedish bredd (“breadth”).

Synonyms

Derived words

acre breadth bizygomatic breadth breadthen breadth-first search breadth-first traversal breadth-height index breadth index breadth indicator breadthless breadth-line breadth of accommodation breadth of effect breadth of market breadth-of-market theory breadth of mind breadth of the market breadth of tone breadth-riders breadthways breadthwise brength by a hair's breadth curve of constant breadth finger-breadth fingerbreadth finger's breadth fingersbreadth foot-breadth footbreadth hairbreadth hair's breadth hairsbreadth handbreadth hand's breadth handsbreadth index of breadth overbreadth straw-breadth straw's breadth thumbsbreadth wheel breadth

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