Broad Synonyms & Definitions

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• BroadDefinition & Meaning in English

(superl.) Extending far and wide; extensive; vast; as, the broad expanse of ocean.
(superl.) Characterized by breadth. See Breadth.
(n.) The spread of a river into a sheet of water; a flooded fen.
(superl.) Free; unrestrained; unconfined.
(superl.) Extended, in the sense of diffused; open; clear; full.
(superl.) 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.
(superl.) Comprehensive; liberal; enlarged.
(superl.) Wide; extend in breadth, or from side to side; -- opposed to narrow; as, a broad street, a broad table; an inch broad.
(superl.) Strongly marked; as, a broad Scotch accent.
(n.) The broad part of anything; as, the broad of an oar.
(n.) A lathe tool for turning down the insides and bottoms of cylinders.
(superl.) Plain; evident; as, a broad hint.
(superl.) Cross; coarse; indelicate; as, a broad compliment; a broad joke; broad humor.

• Broad ChurchDefinition & Meaning in English

() A portion of the Church of England, consisting of persons who claim to hold a position, in respect to doctrine and fellowship, intermediate between the High Church party and the Low Church, or evangelical, party. The term has been applied to other bodies of men holding liberal or comprehensive views of Christian doctrine and fellowship.

• Broad gaugeDefinition & Meaning in English

() A wider distance between the rails than the "standard" gauge of four feet eight inches and a half. See Gauge.

• BroadnessDefinition & Meaning in English

(n.) The condition or quality of being broad; breadth; coarseness; grossness.