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bredth

bredth is the obsolete spelling of breadth.

Meaning of breadth

Noun

breadth (countable and uncountable, plural breadths)

  1. The extent or measure of how broad or wide something is; width.
    • The breadth of the corridor is 4.5 metres.
    Synonyms:
    width
  2. A piece of fabric of standard width.
  3. Scope or range, especially of knowledge or skill.
    • expand one’s breadth of marketing
    Synonyms:
    extent, range, scope, size
  4. A style in painting in which details are strictly subordinated to the harmony of the whole composition.
  5. The length of the longest path between two vertices in a graph.

Forms of bredth

pluralbredths

Questions about bredth

What is bredth the obsolete spelling of?
Bredth is the obsolete spelling of breadth.

Words near bredth in the dictionary

  1. bredrens
  2. bredrin
  3. bredrins
  4. Bredstedt
  5. Bredt
  6. bredth
  7. Bredwardine
  8. bree
  9. Breece
  10. Breeces
  11. breech

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