Definitions for Broads
Broads
Broads
Spelling: [brawdz]
IPA: /brɔdz/
Broads is a 6 letter English word.
It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points.
It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.
You can make 153 anagrams from letters in Broads (abdors).
Definitions for Broads
noun
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The, (used with a plural verb) a low-lying region in E England, in Norfolk and Suffolk: bogs and marshy lakes.
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the broad part of anything.
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Slang.
Usually Offensive. a term used to refer to a woman.
a promiscuous woman.
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Often, broads. Movies, Television. an incandescent or fluorescent lamp used as a general source of light in a studio.
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a gold coin of England and Scotland, issued by James I and Charles I and equal to 20 shillings.
Compare carolus, jacobus.
Idioms
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broad on the beam, Nautical. bearing 90° to the heading of a vessel.
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broad on the bow, Nautical. bearing 45° to the heading of a vessel.
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broad on the quarter, Nautical. bearing 135° to the heading of a vessel.
adverb
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fully:
adjective
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of great breadth:
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measured from side to side:
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of great extent; large:
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widely diffused; open; full:
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not limited or narrow; of extensive range or scope:
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liberal; tolerant:
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main or general:
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plain or clear:
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bold; plain-spoken.
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indelicate; indecent:
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(of conversation) rough; countrified.
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unconfined; free; unrestrained:
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(of pronunciation) strongly dialectal:
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Phonetics. (of a transcription) using one basic symbol to represent each phoneme.
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broad a, the a- sound [ah] /ɑ/ (Show IPA) when used in lieu of the more common a- sound [a] /æ/ (Show IPA) in such words as half, can't, and laugh.
Origin of Broads
before 1000; Middle English bro(o)d, Old English brād; cognate with Dutch breed, German breit, Old Norse breithr, Gothic braiths
Examples for Broads
A mile and a half from its Broads, about 200 acres of which are free.
Those centres of interest to the angler—the Norfolk Broads—are, alas!
They have been increasing in the Norfolk Broads of late years.
The immense influx of visitors to the Broads is, of course, responsible for this increase.
For it is quite clear that journeys by rail cannot show one the life of the Broads.
He went so far as to try his project in the Broads near Yarmouth.
There is still a different beauty in the fen country and the land of the Broads.
At first, the Broads had merely impressed her with their utter absence of fuss.
The Broads are quite numerous; I think they would repay a visit.
Remarkably numerous, the Broads, sir—situated between this and the sea.