breadthways

Along the width

Breadthways means in the direction of something's breadth—across its width rather than along its length: Cut the fabric breadthways.

The word is interchangeable with breadthwise and contrasts with lengthways.

It appears mainly in British English.

orientation

crosswise

At right angles

horizontally · laterally · athwart · perpendicular · across · edgewise · sidelong · oblique · aslant · askew

measurement

width

Distance across something

  • girthMeasurement around something
  • spanDistance between endpoints
  • extentRange or magnitude

dimension · gauge · caliber · diameter · thickness · expanse · spread · reach · amplitude · wideness

Opposites
spatial orientation

breadthwayslengthways

Along the longest dimension

lengthwise · longitudinally · longways · end to end · along the length

Family

broad, ways, abroad, broaden, roadway, pathway, broadening, breadth, broadened

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