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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
broad/brɔːd/
▶adjective
- 1 having a distance larger than usual from side to side; wide.
■ of a specified distance wide.
- 2 large in area or scope: a broad range of experience.
- 3 without detail; general.
- 4 (of a hint) clear and unambiguous.
- 5 (of a regional accent) very noticeable; strong.
- 6 rather coarse and indecent.
– phrases
broad daylight full daylight; day.
broad daylight full daylight; day.
– derivatives
broaden verb,
broadly adverb,
broadness noun.
broaden verb,
broadly adverb,
broadness noun.
– origin OE brād, of Gmc origin.
'broad' also found in these Oxford entries:
abroad
- accipiter
- Amazon
- angel shark
- arum
- aspidistra
- Australoid
- avenue
- bajada
- barbastelle
- bay
- beamy
- beaver
- bel canto
- belted galloway
- bend
- bend sinister
- big
- blade
- bluff
- bordure
- brachycephalic
- brake drum
- breadth
- breastsummer
- broad bean
- broad-brush
- Broad Church
- broad gauge
- broad jump
- broad-minded
- broad money
- broad pennant
- broad-spectrum
- brush discharge
- bulldog
- bulldozer
- bullhead
- butterfly knife
- buzzard
- cabbage lettuce
- camel
- cap
- capstan
- Caucasian
- chard
- Cheshire cat
- chevron
- chief
Forum discussions with the word(s) "broad" in the title:
“You can’t just leave it to meetings and telephone calls, because the base is so broad,”
"to sun the broad aeolian blue"
a broad chest and a thick pair of arms <comma?> wrapped in a tight sweater
any voting system of the broad class
broad
broad / richful work experience
broad backed
Broad International dimension
broad minded, broad hearted
broad policy terms
Broad shoulders (figurative use)
broad story
broad stripes - wide stripes
broad through the shoulders/ broad shoulders
broad vs. narrow media
broad-hats
broad-ranging
Harvard stood for the broad a
High broad and low
I have a broad knowledge of/on/about chemistry
In a broad sense
in broad daylight
in very broad terms
it is far too broad
It's as broad as it is wide
painted in broad strokes
Shoulders are broad or wide?
Stewed Broad Beans or Broad Bean Stew?
the broad stroke
the first broad area
more...
"to sun the broad aeolian blue"
a broad chest and a thick pair of arms <comma?> wrapped in a tight sweater
any voting system of the broad class
broad
broad / richful work experience
broad backed
Broad International dimension
broad minded, broad hearted
broad policy terms
Broad shoulders (figurative use)
broad story
broad stripes - wide stripes
broad through the shoulders/ broad shoulders
broad vs. narrow media
broad-hats
broad-ranging
Harvard stood for the broad a
High broad and low
I have a broad knowledge of/on/about chemistry
In a broad sense
in broad daylight
in very broad terms
it is far too broad
It's as broad as it is wide
painted in broad strokes
Shoulders are broad or wide?
Stewed Broad Beans or Broad Bean Stew?
the broad stroke
the first broad area
more...
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