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broad

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1. broad - Noun

2. broad - Adjective

4. broad - Adjective Satellite

5. Broad - Proper noun

Meaning

Wide; extend in breadth, or from side to side; -- opposed to narrow; as, a broad street, a broad table; an inch broad.

Extending far and wide; extensive; vast; as, the broad expanse of ocean.

Fig.: Having a large measure of any thing or quality; not limited; not restrained; -- applied to any subject, and retaining the literal idea more or less clearly, the precise meaning depending largely on the substantive.

Plain; evident; as, a broad hint.

Characterized by breadth. See Breadth.

Cross; coarse; indelicate; as, a broad compliment; a broad joke; broad humor.

Strongly marked; as, a broad Scotch accent.

The broad part of anything; as, the broad of an oar.

The spread of a river into a sheet of water; a flooded fen.

A lathe tool for turning down the insides and bottoms of cylinders.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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