Thesaurus: broad

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1. superl. Wide; extend in breadth, or from side to side; -- opposed to narrow; as, a broad street, a broad table; an inch broad.
2. superl. Extending far and wide; extensive; vast; as, the broad expanse of ocean.
3. superl. Extended, in the sense of diffused; open; clear; full.
4. 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.
5. superl. Comprehensive; liberal; enlarged.
6. superl. Plain; evident; as, a broad hint.
7. superl. Free; unrestrained; unconfined.
8. superl. Characterized by breadth. See Breadth.
9. superl. Cross; coarse; indelicate; as, a broad compliment; a broad joke; broad humor.
10. superl. Strongly marked; as, a broad Scotch accent.
11. n. The broad part of anything; as, the broad of an oar.
12. n. The spread of a river into a sheet of water; a flooded fen.
13. n. A lathe tool for turning down the insides and bottoms of cylinders.