breadth
/bɹɛdθ/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.47 in modern English
13
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
1
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A style in painting in which details are strictly subordinated to the harmony of the whole composition.
Countable; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "The breadth of the corridor is 4.5 metres."
- "The sledges of the Esquimaux are of large size, varying from six and a half to nine and even eleven feet in length, and from eighteen inches to two feet in breadth."
- "expand one’s breadth of marketing"
- ""The breadth of this LPR system is spectacular and amounts to a warrantless search.""
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”).
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: bredthe
Usage
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Phrases
acre breadth
bizygomatic breadth
breadth-first search
breadth-first traversal
breadth-height index
breadth index
breadth indicator
breadth-line