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• broad — adj Broad, wide, deep are comparable chiefly when they refer to horizontal extent. Broad and wide apply to surfaces or areas as measured from side to side {a picture two feet wide} and deep (see also DEEP) to those as measured from front to back… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

• Broad-leaved tree — is any tree which has wide leaves rather than needle like leaves (mostly conifers). Most broad leaf trees are deciduous, such as birch, elm, oak, and maple, but some, such as arbutus are evergreen.Another name used for the broad leaved trees is… …   Wikipedia

• Broad Church — Broad Churchman. pertaining or belonging to a party in the Anglican Church emphasizing a liberal interpretation of ritual. Cf. High Church, Low Church. * * * ▪ Anglican Communion movement       moderate movement that emerged as one of the three… …   Universalium

• broad-leaved — broad′ leaved or broadleaf 2) or broad′ leafed , adj. bot of or pertaining to plants having broad leaves rather than needles • Etymology: 1545–55 …   From formal English to slang

• broad-leaved — [brôd′lēvd΄] adj. 1. having broad leaves: said of many angiosperms 2. having flat rather than needlelike leaves: said of some evergreen shrubs or trees …   English World dictionary

• broad — broad1 W2S2 [bro:d US bro:d] adj ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(wide)¦ 2¦(including a lot)¦ 3¦(general)¦ 4¦(large area)¦ 5¦(way of speaking)¦ 6 broad smile/grin 7 in broad daylight 8 broad hint 9 a broad church 10¦(humour)¦ …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• broad-brush — /brawd brush /, adj. characterized by sweeping comprehensiveness with little attention to details: a broad brush approach to reform. [1965 70] * * * broad brush UK US adjective very general and without many details a broad brush approach to the… …   Useful english dictionary

• broad — 1 adjective 1 WIDE a road, river, or part of someone s body etc that is broad is wide: We went along a broad carpeted passage. | He was six feet tall, with broad shoulders and slender hips. | 6 feet/3 metres etc broad The track was three metres… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• broad — [[t]brɔ͟ːd[/t]] ♦♦ broader, broadest, broads 1) ADJ GRADED Something that is broad is wide. His shoulders were broad and his waist narrow... The hills rise green and sheer above the broad river. ...a broad expanse of green lawn. Ant: narrow 2)… …   English dictionary

• Broad Street, Oxford — [ Clarendon Building, and the Sheldonian Theatre and the Old Ashmolean Building.] Broad Street is a wide street in Oxford, England. It is famous for its bookshops, including the original Blackwell s bookshop at number 50. Locally, the street is… …   Wikipedia

• Broad-billed Sandpiper — Taxobox name = Broad billed Sandpiper status = LC status system = IUCN3.1 regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Aves ordo = Charadriiformes familia = Scolopacidae genus = Limicola (disputed) genus authority = Koch, 1816 species = L.… …   Wikipedia