BREADTH


Meaning of BREADTH in English

ˈbredth, -etth, chiefly in substand speech -eth noun

( -s )

Etymology: obsolete English brede breadth (from Middle English, from Old English brǣdu, from brād broad) + -th — more at broad

1. : distance from side to side : measure taken at right angles to length : width

2.

a.

(1) : a piece of fabric of full width as manufactured

a breadth of silk

(2) : the width in which a fabric is manufactured

lace in 18-inch breadths

b. : a wide expanse

green breadths of undulating park — George Eliot

3.

a. : spacious extent : embracing comprehensiveness : wideness , sweep , scope

breadth of culture, an ease with humanism and Renaissance learning — T.S.Eliot

b. : freedom from narrow concentration or parochial constraint : largeness , liberality , generosity

viewed with dispassionateness and breadth — Ruth Suckow

4. : the quality in works of art brought about by elimination of unnecessary detail to produce an impression of largeness and unity

associating colors in large groups to obtain breadth

5. : denotation 4

Webster's New International English Dictionary.      Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster.