Definitions for lengthwise

lengthwise length·wise

Spelling: [lengkth-wahyz, length-, lenth-]
IPA: /ˈlɛŋkθˌwaɪz, ˈlɛŋθ-, ˈlɛnθ-/

Lengthwise is a 10 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 17 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 19 points.

You can make 577 anagrams from letters in lengthwise (eeghilnstw).

Definitions for lengthwise

adverb, adjective

  1. in the direction of the length.

Origin of lengthwise

First recorded in 1570-80; length + -wise

Examples for lengthwise

We were at its upper end, and of course viewed it lengthwise.

The berths are crosswise rather than lengthwise as in our sleepers.

Running through it lengthwise is a hole about the size of a lead-pencil.

But don't carve it that way; cut it lengthwise, as if it were the saddle, which it ought to have been.

The first or principal diameter of an ellipse; that which crosses it lengthwise.

They are written on both sides and, following the run of the grain, lengthwise.

There were fifteen of these across the room and twenty-five lengthwise.

Pull the peppers apart, lengthwise, into halves or large sections, collecting the juices in the platter.

We are at the western extremity of an oblong valley, looking up it lengthwise.

Take a veal kidney, open it lengthwise and leave all its fat.

Word Value for lengthwise
Scrable

17

Words with friends

19

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