breadth, thickness,
Roget category 202
2. Words relating to space› 2.2. Dimensions
›› 2.2.2. Linear dimensions
#202.
Breadth, Thickness,
noun
breadth,
width,
latitude,
amplitude —
diameter,
bore,
caliber,
radius —
superficial extent
etc.
(space)
180.
thickness,
crassitude† —
corpulence
etc.
(size)
192 —
dilation
etc.
(expansion)
194.
verb
be broad
etc.
adj. —
become broad,
render broad
etc.
adj. —
expand
etc.
194 —
thicken,
widen,
calibrate.
adjective
broad,
wide,
ample,
extended —
discous† —
fanlike —
outspread,
outstretched —
wide as a church-door"
[Romeo and Juliet];
latifoliate†,
latifolous†.
thick,
dumpy,
squab,
squat,
thickset —
thick as a rope.
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