broad
/bɹɔd/ adjective B1- Wide in extent or scope. · three feet broad· the broad expanse of ocean
- Extended, in the sense of diffused; open; clear; full.
- Having a large measure of any thing or quality; unlimited; unrestrained.
- Comprehensive; liberal; enlarged.
- Plain; evident. · a broad hint
- General rather than specific. · to be in broad agreement
- Unsubtle; obvious.
- Free; unrestrained; unconfined.
Comparative broader · Superlative broadest
From the library
Barker shrugged his broad shoulders.
As we approached it, there was the wooden drawbridge and the beautiful broad moat as still and luminous as quicksilver in the cold, winter sunshine.
“What, is it you, Edmond, back again?” said he, with a broad Marseillaise accent, and a grin that displayed his ivory-white teeth.
It is remarkably broad; a splay-foot, one would say.
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