broad
Wide in extent or scope.
Adjective 4 meanings
Wide in extent or scope.
“three feet broad”
Extended, in the sense of diffused; open; clear; full.
Having a large measure of any thing or quality; unlimited; unrestrained.
Comprehensive; liberal; enlarged.
Noun 4 meanings
A shallow lake, one of a number of bodies of water in eastern Norfolk and Suffolk.
A lathe tool for turning down the insides and bottoms of cylinders.
A kind of floodlight.
A prostitute, a woman of loose morals.
Etymology
From Middle English brood, brode, from Old English brād (“broad, flat, open, extended, spacious, wide, ample, copious”), from Proto-West Germanic *braid, from Proto-Germanic *braidaz (“broad, wide”), of uncertain origin.
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BROAD at a glance
BROAD has 5 letters and scores 8 points in Scrabble (B 3 + R 1 + O 1 + A 1 + D 2) and 9 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #2,760 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with broad
All rhymesOne letter away
- BREAD8
- BROOD8
- TROAD6
- BROND8
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