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broad /bröd/ adjective- Wide
- Large, spacious, free or open
- Widely diffused
- Covering a wide range, spectrum, etc
- Giving prominence to main elements, or harmony of the whole, without insisting on detail
- Slow and full-toned
- Strongly marked in pronunciation or dialect
- (of a vowel) open (phonetics)
- Outspoken, obvious, unsubtle
- Coarse, vulgar
- Having liberal mind or outlook
- (of money) denoting the less liquid categories (eg M2, M3, qqv under M (symbol)), such as that in an account, etc, realizable only with several months' notice
noun- The broad part
- (in East Anglia) a lake-like expansion of a river
- A broadpiece
- A woman or, sometimes, a prostitute (N Am offensive sl). Also adverb
ORIGIN: OE brād, Gothic braiths broadˈen transitive verb and intransitive verb To make or grow broad or broader broadˈish adjective broadˈly adverb broadˈness noun broadˈways or broadˈwise adverb Breadthwise broad arrow noun A mark () used on government property, or generally broadˈband adjective - Across, involving, or designed to operate across, a wide range of frequencies (telecommunications)
- Capable of accommodating data from a variety of input sources, as voice, telephone, television, etc (computing)
broadˈ-based adjective Including a wide range of opinions, subjects, political groups, etc broad bean noun A plant (Vicia faba) of the family Leguminosae, or one of its large flat edible seeds which grow in pods broadˈbill noun Any of several birds with a broad bill, such as the spoonbill, the scaup (US), or a member of the tropical family Eurylaimidae broadˈ-brim noun - A hat with a broad brim, such as those once worn by Quakers
- A Quaker (informal)
broadˈbrush adjective - Rough
- Not worked out in detail (informal)
Broad Church noun - A party within the Church of England favouring a broad and liberal interpretation of dogmatic definitions and creed subscription
- (esp without cap) a political or other group, party, etc that is similarly liberal-minded or all-inclusive
broadˈ-church adjective broadˈcloth noun A fine, fulled woollen or worsted cloth broad day or broad daylight noun Clear, open daylight broadˈ-gauge see gauge broad jump noun (N American) Long jump broadˈ-leaf noun - Any broad-leaved tree
- Any tobacco plant with broad leaves
broadˈ-leaved adjective - (esp in classifying types of tree) having broad leaves, not needles
- Deciduous, hardwood
broadˈloom adjective (of carpet) woven on a wide loom broad-mindˈed adjective - Liberal
- Tolerant
broad-mindˈedly adverb broad-mindˈedness noun broadˈpiece noun A 17c 20-shilling coin Broad Scots (also formerly Scotch) noun Older or dialect forms of the Scottish tongue, a development of Old English broadˈsheet noun - Any standard sheet of paper, unfolded and uncut
- A large sheet of paper printed usu on one side only, containing eg an advertisement or (historical) a proclamation, ballad, popular song, etc
- A newspaper of large format, measuring approx 40×60cm (about 16×24in)
- A quality newspaper
broadˈside noun - The side of a ship
- All the guns on one side of a ship of war
- Their simultaneous discharge
- A strongly critical verbal attack
- A broadsheet
transitive verb To hit or collide with the side of (N American) broadˈ-spectrum adjective Wide-spectrum broadˈsword noun - A cutting sword with a broad blade
- A man armed with such a sword
broadˈtail noun - Fur prepared from the skin of very young karakul lambs
- A karakul sheep
broadˈway noun A broad road, often the name of the chief thoroughfare of a town or district as broad as it is long Six of one and half a dozen of the other |