width

Từ điển tiếng Anh - Cambridge Advanced Learners Dictionary

width UK US [wɪtθ], [wɪdθ] noun [ widths ]
1. <A > countable or uncountable the distance across something from one side to the other
• It is 5 metres in width.
• The needle is seven times smaller than the width of a human hair.
• The material is available in various widths.
See also wide
Thesaurus⁺: ↑Measurements of length and distance ↑Wide and thick
2. countable the distance across a swimming pool from one side to the other
• I managed to swim 2 widths underwater.
Thesaurus⁺: ↑Measurements in general ↑Swimming
 
• The area of a rectangle is its height times its width.
• We need to measure the width of the wood.
• The wood comes in many different widths.
• The width of the river at this point is quite amazing.
• How can you measure the width of these tiny wires?