Words Like HANDBREADTH

We have put together a list of words that are similar to HANDBREADTH.

2 Alternative Words Similar to handbreadth

1 Handsbreadth Noun Synonym Words Like Handsbreadth

2 Hand Noun Hyponym Words Like Hand

5 definitions of handbreadth

1 A space equal to the breadth of the hand; a palm.

2 any unit of length based on the breadth of the human hand

3 A linear measurement approximating the width of the palm of the hand, from 2 1/2 to 4 inches (6.25 to 10 centimeters).

4 A space equal to the breadth of the hand; a palm: a unit of length in many metrical systems; especially, in books of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, one fourth of a philosophical foot, equal to about 2.45 English inches. Also called hand's-breadth.

5 A space equal to the breadth of the hand; a palm - Exodus 37:12

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