Broad Definition

brôd

broader, broadest, broads

adjective

broader, broadest

Of large extent from side to side; wide.

Webster's New World

Having great extent or expanse; spacious.

Broad prairies.

Webster's New World

Having a certain width from side to side.

A sidewalk three feet broad.

American Heritage

Extending all about; clear; open; full.

Broad daylight.

Webster's New World

Strongly marked.

Webster's New World

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noun

broads

A wide flat part, as of one's hand.

American Heritage

A woman.

Webster's New World

(UK) A shallow lake, one of a number of bodies of water in eastern Norfolk and Suffolk.

Wiktionary

A lathe tool for turning down the insides and bottoms of cylinders.

Wiktionary

(law) Abbreviation of broadcast.

Wiktionary

Synonyms:

Synonyms:
far-embracing
wide-set

adverb

Fully; completely.

American Heritage

In a broad manner; widely.

Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Broad

Noun

Singular:

broad

Plural:

Broads

Adjective

Base Form:

broad

Comparative:

broader

Superlative:

broadest

Origin of Broad

From Middle English brood, brode, from Old English brād (“broad, flat, open, extended, spacious, wide, ample, copious”), from Proto-Germanic *braidaz (“broad”), of uncertain origin. Cognate with Scots braid (“broad”), West Frisian breed (“broad”), Saterland Frisian breed (“broad”), Low German breed (“broad”), breet, Dutch breed (“broad”), German breit (“broad, wide”), Danish bred (“broad”), Swedish bred (“broad”), Icelandic breiður (“broad, wide”).

From Wiktionary
Middle English brod from Old English brād

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition