broad

1. 1

   Wide in extent or scope.

   • three feet broad
   • the broad expanse of ocean
2. 2

   Extended, in the sense of diffused; open; clear; full.

   • crushing the minds of its victims in the broad and open day
3. 3

   Having a large measure of any thing or quality; unlimited; unrestrained.

   • a broad mixture of falsehood
4. 4

   Comprehensive; liberal; enlarged.

   • The words in the Constitution are broad enough to include the case.
   • in a broad, statesmanlike, and masterly way
5. 5

   Plain; evident.

   • a broad hint
6. 6

   General rather than specific.

   • to be in broad agreement
7. 7

   Unsubtle; obvious.

   • Lee: I wrote that line for you. Maeve: A bit broad, if you ask me.
8. 8

   Free; unrestrained; unconfined.

   • as broad and general as the casing air
9. 9

   Gross; coarse; indelicate.dated

   • a broad compliment; a broad joke; broad humour
10. 10

    Of an accent, strongly regional.

    • She still has a broad Scottish accent, despite moving to California 20 years ago.

ant. thin · narrow · skinny · all-encompassing · slender

1. 1

   A shallow lake, one of a number of bodies of water in eastern Norfolk and Suffolk.UK

2. 2

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

3. 3

   A British gold coin worth 20 shillings, issued by the Commonwealth of England in 1656.UKhistorical

4. 4

   A kind of floodlight.

   • […] fresnel spotlights, old-type broads, sky-pans, cone-lights, etc.
   • Some broads have barn doors (see page 115) to block gross light spill into other set areas; others have even an adjustable beam, […]
5. 5

   A playing card.archaicslang

   • I reckon as old Sol couldn't ha' lived without a pack of broads. If he couldn't find anybody to play with him, he'd play alone, […]

1. 1

   A prostitute, a woman of loose morals.USdated

   • “Now we go up Bowery Street look at broads. Me pay.”
2. 2

   A woman or girl.USdatedslang

   • They always hook you in the end, them broads. This whole trouble is on account of a dame reads a book.
   • Hey, man, Truck, you got to understand, she's a no class broad and you a gross son of a bitch. Naturally, she don't like you.