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breadth

Thickness, another name for width. The area of a rectangle is given by the formula: area = length times breadth.
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They were from fifty to one hundred yards long, and they gradually tapered from a nine-log breadth at their sterns, to a three-log breadth at their bow-ends.
A Tramp Abroad by Twain, Mark View in context
Broad was Robin across the shoulders, but broader was the stranger by twice the breadth of a palm, while he measured at least an ell around the waist.
The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood by Pyle, Howard View in context
Borne backward to the earth, he saw above him the dead and drawn face within a hand's breadth of his own, and then all was black.
Can Such Things Be? by Bierce, Ambrose View in context
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