n. [ From Wide. ] The quality of being wide; extent from side to side; breadth; wideness; as, the width of cloth; the width of a door. [ 1913 Webster ]
[よこ, yoko](n) (1) (See 横になる) horizontal (as opposed to vertical); lying down; (2) (See 首を横に振る) side-to-side (as opposed to front-to-back); width; breadth; (3) side (of a box, etc.); (4) beside; aside; next to; (5) (See 横から口を挟む) unconnected; (P)#1871[Add to Longdo]
[ひらく, hiraku](v5k, vt) (1) to open (e.g. a bank-account, festival, etc.); (v5k, vi) (2) to spread out; to open up (flower bud, umbrella, etc.); to widen (gap, distance, width); (3) to hold; to give (party, conference, etc.); (P)#7332[Add to Longdo]