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(Received Pronunciation, General American) enPR: lĕng(k)th, lĕn(t)th, IPA^(key): /lɛŋ(k)θ/, /lɛn(t)θ/, /leɪŋ(k)θ/, /leɪn(t)θ/, /læŋ(k)θ/Category:English 1-syllable words#LENGTH Category:English 1-syllable words#LENGTH Category:English 1-syllable words#LENGTH Category:English 1-syllable words#LENGTH Category:English 1-syllable words#LENGTH Category:English terms with IPA pronunciation#LENGTH
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Rhymes: -ɛŋkθ, -ɛŋθ, -ɛntθ, -ɛnθ Category:Rhymes:English/ɛŋkθ#LENGTH Category:Rhymes:English/ɛŋθ#LENGTH Category:Rhymes:English/ɛŋθ/1 syllable#LENGTH Category:Rhymes:English/ɛntθ#LENGTH Category:Rhymes:English/ɛnθ#LENGTH Category:Rhymes:English/ɛnθ/1 syllable#LENGTH

Noun

length (countable and uncountable, plural lengths)Category:English lemmas#LENGTH Category:English nouns#LENGTH Category:English uncountable nouns#LENGTH Category:English countable nouns#LENGTH Category:English countable nouns#LENGTH Category:English entries with incorrect language header#LENGTH Category:Pages with entries#LENGTH Category:Pages with 2 entries#LENGTH

The distance measured along the longest dimension of an object.
Synonym: (obsolete) distance
Duration.
- 1941, Robert Frost, The Gift Outright:
  Happiness makes up in height for what it lacks in length.
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(horse racing Category:en:Horse racing#LENGTH) The length of a horse, used to indicate the distance between horses at the end of a race.
five lengths ahead of the fieldCategory:English terms with usage examples#LENGTH
(mathematics Category:en:Mathematics#LENGTH) Distance between the two ends of a line segment.
(cricket Category:en:Cricket#LENGTH) The distance down the pitch that the ball bounces on its way to the batsman.
(figuratively) Total extent.
the length of a bookCategory:English terms with usage examples#LENGTH
Part of something that is long; a physical piece of something.
a length of ropeCategory:English terms with usage examples#LENGTH

a length of hairCategory:English terms with usage examples#LENGTH
(slang Category:English slang#LENGTH) A penis.
- (Can we date this quote by Vicki Savage and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)Category:Requests for date in English entries#LENGTH, Bride for the Billionaire Bear Shifter
  His cock felt firm under her palm, and her mouth watered as she imagined wrapping her lips around his length.
(theater Category:en:Theater#LENGTH) A unit of script length, comprising 42 lines.
- 1890, Henry Austin, Address of Henry Austin Before the Second Nationalist Club, page 38:
  […] open your book of the play, which you have previously carefully perused, and at the same time marked with the proper calls, as thus: a length (or 42 lines) before an entrance, with a pen make a figure on the margin, […]
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- 1960, J. L. Hodgkinson, Rex Pogson, The Early Manchester Theatre, page 45:
  The boy was engaged to write out parts at a penny a length (42 lines) for Chetwood, who then charged the manager, […]
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(bridge Category:en:Bridge#LENGTH) The number of cards held in a particular suit.
- 1999, Edwin B. Kantar, Eddie Kantar Teaches Advanced Bridge Defense, page 191:
  An artificial bid doesn't necessarily show length in the suit being bid, it has an altogether different meaning.
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(wine Category:en:Wine#LENGTH) The amount of time for which the taste of wine lingers on the palate after swallowing or spitting it out, measured in caudilies.