[bredth, bretth, breth] 
| 1. | the measure of the second largest dimension of a plane or solid figure; width. |
| 2. | an extent or piece of something of definite or full width or as measured by its width: a breadth of cloth. |
| 3. | freedom from narrowness or restraint; liberality: a person with great breadth of view. |
| 4. | size in general; extent. |
| 5. | Art. a broad or general effect due to subordination of details or nonessentials. |
