Length is valid Scrabble Word

Definitions for LENGTH in dictionary:

VERB:
• To lengthen.
NOUN:
• the extent from end to end
• the measurement or extent of something from end to end; the greater of two or the greatest of three dimensions of an object
• the quality of being long
• the length of a swimming pool as a measure of the distance swum
• the length of a horse, boat, etc., as a measure of the lead in a race
• the extent of a garment in a vertical direction when worn
• the full distance that a thing extends for
• the metrical quantity or duration of a vowel or syllable
• the amount of time occupied by something
• a piece or stretch of something
• an extreme to which a course of action is taken
• the distance from the batsman at which a well-bowled ball pitches
• extent or measurement from end to end
• the linear extent in space from one end to the other; the longest dimension of something that is fixed in place
• continuance in time
• the property of being the extent of something from beginning to end
• size of the gap between two places
• a section of something that is long and narrow
• the full extent of one's body
• (in bridge or whist) the number of cards of a suit held in one's hand, especially when five or more
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.
• A portion of space or of time considered as measured by its length; -- often in the plural.
• 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.
• 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.
• Detail or amplification; unfolding; continuance as, to pursue a subject to a great length.
• Distance.
OTHER DEFINITIONS:
• the longer or longest dimension of an object

Words related to LENGTH

lengthful16 lengths11

Words that contain LENGTH

alength11 lengths11 lengthy14 lengthen12 lengthens13 lengthful16 lengthier13 lengthily16 lengthman15 lengthmen15 lengthened15 lengthener14 lengthiest14 lengthsman16 lengthsmen16 lengthways20 lengthwise17 overlength17 wavelength20 lengtheners15 lengthening16 lengthiness15 overlengths18 wavelengths21 overlengthen19 lengthinesses17 overlengthens20 overlengthened22 multiwavelength27 overlengthening23

How to use LENGTH in a sentence

• This fruit with its shell, is, as Clusius says, an inch and a half in length, but is somewhat more than an inch thick.
• I was amazed at his length, and when I had moved my hand at least seven feet from his head it still rested upon his body.
• He was at length overtaken by poverty, which, as affecting Effie, preyed so relentlessly upon his spirits, that within two years he followed John Carr to the grave.
• After a wild career in Oregon and California, he at length studied for the law.
• The storm had raged for full three hours, when at length the play came to an end.
• The span of his life was not only extraordinary in its length, but also in the events it comprehended.
• To persons well acquainted with the brother and sister these proceedings were ominous of an impending narrative, protracted to a formidable length.
• At length, discovering that, somehow or other, he put a stop to all the play, Epimetheus judged it best to go back to Pandora, who was in a humour better suited to his own.
• At first the rain sounded only on the tree-tops, but soon large, heavy drops came down, till at length all view was shut out by the sheets of water that fell.
• This instrument, perhaps an inch and a half in length, produces tones covering a compass, in rare instances, of three octaves.
• From this vantage point we could see the entire length of the line of battle.
• It was a stage of returning consciousness that seemed to last even longer than the period of her wandering, but this also began to pass at length.
• I shall not go into great length on this subject, partly because some recent popular tracts of Canon Rawlinson, Mr.
• Yet the Trentville canoe crept steadily up, then led by a quarter length, a half length.
• At length a live pig was brought down from the village, slung on a pole, and was purchased for a knife and a handkerchief.
• At length, in despair of living down his reputation, he asked headquarters to transfer him to another station.
• Its length is 4 or 5 miles, and its greatest breadth is 2 miles on the eastern portion, gradually narrowing westward to about 1 mile.
• It was hard for me to make up my mind to walk to this place, but at length I did so.
• The river is crossed by a stone bridge consisting of pillars of single slabs of large size, one measuring 20 feet in length by from 4 to 5 in breadth.
• He saw it reach to the foot of the mountains, and at length it came up to the foot of the tree, but there was no abatement.
• Draw the knife along lightly but steadily, always at the same angle, the entire length of the blade.

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