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barleycorn	an obsolete measure, equal to the width of a single grain of barley, or about one-third inch. [1/2 definitions]
breadth	distance from side to side measured perpendicularly to length; width. [2/3 definitions]
broad gauge	a railroad track with a distance between the rails that is greater than the standard width of 56.5 inches or 143.5 centimeters. (Cf. narrow gauge, standard gauge.)
cephalic index	the ratio of the greatest width of a human head to its greatest length, multiplied by one hundred; cranial index.
Cuban heel	a heel of medium height and width, slightly tapered in back, used on some women's shoes.
diameter	the width of any approximately circular, spherical, or cylindrical object. [1/3 definitions]
dimension	size as measured in a particular direction such as height, width, or depth. [2/5 definitions]
doorstop	any of various devices, such as a weighted object, a wedge, or a rubber-tipped projection, used to control the position or movement of a door, as to prop it open at a certain width or prevent it from hitting an adjacent wall.
finger	a measure roughly equal to the width or length of a finger. [1/8 definitions]
Great Green Wall	a multinational African initiative to fight desertification and land degradation by modification of land use, water harvesting, and the planting and maintenance of trees primarily along the southern edge of the Sahara Desert, a belt of land that stretches across the width of the continent. [1/2 definitions]
histogram	a bar graph of a frequency distribution in which the frequency of a variable is represented by the height of the bar, and the class interval by the width, where each class interval is a summary of data that represents a range of independent variable values rather than a single value.
kerf	a groove, notch, or cut made in wood by a saw or other cutting tool, or the width of such a cut. [1/2 definitions]
line¹	a mathematical figure that is represented by a long, straight, unbroken mark with an arrow at each end. The arrows symbolize that the line continues endlessly in both directions. A line, as a mathematical concept, has infinite length but no width. [1/21 definitions]
Maltese cross	a figure or emblem of a cross having four arms equal in length and increasing in width outward, usu. with an indentation in each end.
monocotyledon	a member of the subgroup of flowering plants that produce only one seed leaf, usu. bear leaves with parallel veins, and do not grow in width by means of a vascular cambium. (Cf. dicotyledon.)
nanowire	a wire whose width is on the order of nanometers.
narrow	having little breadth or width. [1/10 definitions]
narrow gauge	a railroad track with a distance between the rails that is less than the standard width of 56.5 inches or 143.5 centimeters. (Cf. broad gauge, standard gauge.) [1/2 definitions]
piece goods	goods, esp. fabrics, made in a standard width and sold by linear measure; yard goods.
pleat	a decorative permanent fold of even width, pressed or sewn in the fabric of a garment, curtain, or the like. [1/2 definitions]
roll bar	a very strong metal bar fitted over and across the width of a car or other vehicle that minimizes injury to occupants in the event the vehicle rolls over.

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