broad /bröd/

1. Wide
2. Large, spacious, free or open
3. Widely diffused
4. Covering a wide range, spectrum, etc
5. Giving prominence to main elements, or harmony of the whole, without insisting on detail
6. Slow and full-toned
7. Strongly marked in pronunciation or dialect
8. (of a vowel) open (phonetics)
9. Outspoken, obvious, unsubtle
10. Coarse, vulgar
11. Having liberal mind or outlook
12. (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

1. The broad part
2. (in East Anglia) a lake-like expansion of a river
3. A broadpiece
4. A woman or, sometimes, a prostitute (N Am offensive sl). Also adverb

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

1. Across, involving, or designed to operate across, a wide range of frequencies (telecommunications)
2. 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

1. A hat with a broad brim, such as those once worn by Quakers
2. A Quaker (informal)

broadˈbrush adjective

1. Rough
2. Not worked out in detail (informal)

Broad Church noun

1. A party within the Church of England favouring a broad and liberal interpretation of dogmatic definitions and creed subscription
2. (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

1. Any broad-leaved tree
2. Any tobacco plant with broad leaves

broadˈ-leaved adjective

1. (esp in classifying types of tree) having broad leaves, not needles
2. Deciduous, hardwood

broadˈloom adjective

(of carpet) woven on a wide loom

• perpetuating
• night-chairs
• night-churr
• night-churrs
• nightclass
• nightclasses
• nightclothes
• night-cloud
• night-clouds
• nightclub
• nightclubber
• nightclubbers
• nightclubbing
• nightclubbings
• nightclubs
• night crawler
• night crawlers
• night-crow
• night-crows
• night-dog
• night-dogs
• nightdress
• nightdresses
• night duty
• nighted