breadth, thickness,

Roget-categorie 202

2. Words relating to space
› 2.2. Dimensions
›› 2.2.2. Linear dimensions

#202. Breadth, Thickness,

zelfstandig naamwoord

breadth, width, latitude, amplitude — diameter, bore, caliber, radius — superficial extent etc. (space) 180.
thickness, crassitude^† — corpulence etc. (size) 192 — dilation etc. (expansion) 194.

werkwoord

be broad etc. adj. — become broad, render broad etc. adj. — expand etc. 194 — thicken, widen, calibrate.

bijvoeglijk naamwoord

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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