overwidth

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adjective

Wider than is standard or (transport, law, of a vehicle) wider than is allowed.

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Meanings

adjectiveoverwidth (comparative more overwidth, superlative most overwidth)

comparative more overwidth · superlative most overwidth

  1. Wider than is standard or (transport, law, of a vehicle) wider than is allowed.
nounoverwidth (uncountable)
  1. uncountablelawAn excess of width.
    1 more example

    […] and shall pay not only the amount of the permit fee for overlength, overheight, overwidth or overweight as might be due, but an additional civil penalty of fifty dollars for the first offense, one hundred dollars for the second offense and one hundred fifty dollars for each additional offense; […]

    1976, Acts of the Legislature, volume 1, Louisiana, page 445

Origin

From over- + width.

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APA

overwidth. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overwidth

MLA

“overwidth.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overwidth. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “overwidth,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overwidth.

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