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Definition of Broad
1. Adjective. Having great (or a certain) extent from one side to the other. "A broad river"
Attributes: Breadth, Width
Also: Comprehensive, Thick
Similar to: Beamy, Bird's-eye, Panoramic, Broad-brimmed, Deep, Fanlike, Sweeping, Wide-screen
Derivative terms: Broadness, Wideness
Antonyms: Narrow
2. Noun. Slang term for a woman. "A broad is a woman who can throw a mean punch"
3. Adjective. Broad in scope or content. "Granted him wide powers"
Similar to: Comprehensive
Derivative terms: Extensiveness, Wideness
4. Adjective. Not detailed or specific. "Felt an unspecific dread"
5. Adjective. Lacking subtlety; obvious. "Gave us a broad hint that it was time to leave"
6. Adjective. Being at a peak or culminating point. "Full summer"
7. Adjective. Very large in expanse or scope. "Spacious skies"
Similar to: Big, Large
Derivative terms: Broadness, Spaciousness, Wideness
8. Adjective. (of speech) heavily and noticeably regional. "A broad southern accent"
9. Adjective. Showing or characterized by broad-mindedness. "Tolerant of his opponent's opinions"
Similar to: Broad-minded
Derivative terms: Liberalness, Tolerate
Definition of Broad
1. a. Wide; extend in breadth, or from side to side; -- opposed to narrow; as, a broad street, a broad table; an inch broad.
2. n. The broad part of anything; as, the broad of an oar.
Definition of Broad
1. Adjective. (context: of a person or object) Wide in extent or scope. ¹
2. Adjective. Having a specified width (e.g. ''3 ft broad''). ¹
3. Adjective. (context: of an accent) Strongly regional. ¹
4. Adjective. (context: Irish language) Velarized, i.e. not palatalized. ¹
5. Noun. (dated) A prostitute, a woman of loose morals. ¹
6. Noun. (American) A woman or girl. ¹
7. Noun. (U.K.) A shallow lake, one of a number of bodies of water in eastern Norfolk and Suffolk. ¹
8. Noun. A lathe tool for turning down the insides and bottoms of cylinders. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Broad
1. wide [adj BROADER, BROADEST] / an expansion of a river [n -S] - See also: wide