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Width vs Inchwide - What's the difference?

width | inchwide |

As a noun width

is the state of being wide.

As an adjective inchwide is

measuring an inch in width.

width

English

Noun

(wikipedia width) (en noun)
  • The state of being wide.
  • The measurement of the extent of something from side to side.
  • A piece of material measured along its smaller dimension, especially fabric.
  • (cricket) The horizontal distance between a batsman and the ball as it passes him.
  • (sports) The use of all the width of the pitch, from one side to the other.
    • Manchester United like to play with width .
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2011 , date=September 18 , author=Ben Dirs , title=Rugby World Cup 2011: England 41-10 Georgia , work=BBC Sport citation , page= , passage=England looked to put width on the ball after the restart, Armitage very nearly going over in the corner only for the video referee to decide his foot was in touch. But Armitage did get on the score-sheet five minutes later, Ben Foden straightening and putting the London Irish man in. }}

    Synonyms

    * (extent or measure of how broad or wide something is) breadth

    Related terms

    * wide * wideness * breadth

    inchwide

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Measuring an inch in width.
  • * {{quote-news, year=2008, date=June 2, author=Janet Maslin, title=Tough Guy at the Border of Hope and Despair, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=The line is an inchwide barrier separating two Colorado towns. }}