Noun Definition

span

1.Definition: a structure that allows people or vehicles to cross an obstacle such as a river or canal or railway etc.

Related Noun(s):bridge

Category: Objects

2.Definition: a unit of length based on the width of the expanded human hand (usually taken as 9 inches)

Category: General

3.Definition: the act of sitting or standing astride

Related Noun(s):straddle

Category: General

4.Definition: the complete duration of something

"The job was finished in the span of an hour"

Category: General

5.Definition: the distance or interval between two points

Category: General

6.Definition: two items of the same kind

Related Noun(s):brace, couple, couplet, distich, duad, duet, duo, dyad, pair, twain, twosome, yoke

Category: General