length

length is a 6-letter English word with 12 senses as adjective, transitive verb, and noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: The longest, or longer, dimension of any object, in distinction from breadth or width; extent of anything from end to end; the longest line which can be drawn through a body, parallel to its sides; as, the length of a church, or of a ship; the length of a rope or line. Face value is 10 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

6 letters · Scrabble 10 · Words With Friends 12 · 12 senses

Definitions

1. adjective. The longest, or longer, dimension of any object, in distinction from breadth or width; extent of anything from end to end; the longest line which can be drawn through a body, parallel to its sides; as, the length of a church, or of a ship; the length of a rope or line.
2. adjective. A portion of space or of time considered as measured by its length; -- often in the plural.
3. adjective. The quality or state of being long, in space or time; extent; duration; as, some sea birds are remarkable for the length of their wings; he was tired by the length of the sermon, and the length of his walk.
4. adjective. A single piece or subdivision of a series, or of a number of long pieces which may be connected together; as, a length of pipe; a length of fence.
5. adjective. Detail or amplification; unfolding; continuance as, to pursue a subject to a great length.
6. adjective. Distance.
7. transitive verb. To lengthen.
8. noun. a section of something that is long and narrow

   "a length of timber"

   "a length of tubing"

9. noun. continuance in time

   "the ceremony was of short duration"

   "he complained about the length of time required"

   Synonyms: duration

10. noun. the linear extent in space from one end to the other; the longest dimension of something that is fixed in place

    "the length of the table was 5 feet"

11. noun. size of the gap between two places

    "the distance from New York to Chicago"

    "he determined the length of the shortest line segment joining the two points"

    Synonyms: distance

12. noun. the property of being the extent of something from beginning to end

    "the editor limited the length of my article to 500 words"

Synonyms

duration, distance

Common word forms

lengths, lengthen, lengther, lengthly, lengthful

Words from these letters

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