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broad-beamed

broad-beamed adjective: wide across body parts such as the hips.

Adjective

broad-beamed (comparative more broad-beamed, superlative most broad-beamed)

  1. (idiomatic) Wide across body parts such as the hips.
    • ' "May I use your phone book? he asked the broad-beamed, middle-aged proprietor. "In the rear," the proprietor said amiably, with a jerk of his heavy thumb.'1969, Philip K. Dick, Ubik, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Boston: 2012, p 171.

Forms of broad-beamed

comparativemore broad-beamed
superlativemost broad-beamed
alternative formbroad across the beam
alternative formbroad in the beam

Questions about broad-beamed

What does broad-beamed mean?
Broad-beamed means wide across body parts such as the hips.
What part of speech is broad-beamed?
Broad-beamed is an adjective.

Words near broad-beamed in the dictionary

  1. Broad Town
  2. broad transcription
  3. broad transcriptions
  4. broad whitefish
  5. broad-based
  6. broad-beamed
  7. broad-billed flycatcher
  8. broad-billed flycatchers
  9. broad-billed moa
  10. broad-billed moas
  11. broad-billed parrot

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