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broad-shouldered

broad-shouldered adjective: having broad shoulders.

Adjective

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

  1. Having broad shoulders.
    • Standing in her entrance, two men in white silk suits and butterfly-looking lace bow ties, black instrument cases by their side and black-brimmed white hats in their hands–my father, Nestor Castillo, thin and broad-shouldered, and Uncle Cesar, thickset and immense.1989, Oscar Hijuelos, The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, →ISBN, page 4
  2. Having a sturdy construction or constitution.

Synonyms of broad-shouldered

Forms of broad-shouldered

comparativemore broad-shouldered
superlativemost broad-shouldered

Questions about broad-shouldered

What does broad-shouldered mean?
Broad-shouldered means having broad shoulders.
What part of speech is broad-shouldered?
Broad-shouldered is an adjective.

Words near broad-shouldered in the dictionary

  1. broad-mouthed
  2. broad-nosed weevil
  3. broad-nosed weevils
  4. broad-ranging
  5. broad-reaching
  6. broad-shouldered
  7. broad-snouted caiman
  8. broad-snouted caimans
  9. broad-spectrum
  10. broad-spectrum antibiotic
  11. broad-spectrum antibiotics

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