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finger-breadth

finger-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-breadth

pluralfinger-breadths

Questions about finger-breadth

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

Words near finger-breadth in the dictionary

  1. finger-bars
  2. finger-beam
  3. finger-beams
  4. finger-bowl
  5. finger-bowls
  6. finger-breadth
  7. finger-click
  8. finger-clicked
  9. finger-clicker
  10. finger-clickers
  11. finger-clicking

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