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finger's-breadth

finger's-breadth is the alternative form of fingerbreadth.

Meaning of fingerbreadth

Noun

fingerbreadth (plural fingerbreadths)

  1. A (usually approximate and informal) unit of measurement based upon the radial width of the human finger.

Forms of finger's-breadth

pluralfinger's-breadths

Questions about finger's-breadth

What is finger's-breadth the alternative form of?
Finger's-breadth is the alternative form of fingerbreadth.

Words near finger's-breadth in the dictionary

  1. finger width
  2. finger widths
  3. finger work
  4. finger wrestling
  5. finger's breadth
  6. finger's-breadth
  7. finger's-breadths
  8. finger-and-toe
  9. finger-bang
  10. finger-bar
  11. finger-bars

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