How to pronounce breadth
American English pronunciation
BREDTH
- IPA
- /ˈbɹɛdθ/
- Syllables
- BREDTH (1 syllable)
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What breadth means
The distance from one side of something to the other
In a sentence: The breadth of the river was too great to throw a stone across.
Where it comes from: It grew from an older word, brede, and took a -th ending to match words like length and strength. It is related to broad.
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