broads
broads is the plural of broad.
Meaning of broad
Noun (1)
broad (plural broads)
- 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 British gold coin worth 20 shillings, issued by the Commonwealth of England in 1656.
- A kind of floodlight.
- […] fresnel spotlights, old-type broads, sky-pans, cone-lights, etc.1974, The Video Handbook, page 71
- A playing card.
- I reckon as old Sol couldn't ha' lived without a pack of broads. If he couldn't find anybody to play with him, he'd play alone, […]1927, Arthur Morris Binstead, The works of A. M. Binstead, volume 2, page 118
Noun (2)
broad (plural broads)
- A prostitute, a woman of loose morals.
- “Now we go up Bowery Street look at broads. Me pay.”1925, John Dos Passos, Manhattan Transfer, New York, N.Y.; London: Harper & Brothers, →OCLC, 1st section, page 94
Proper noun capitalized: Broads
The Broads
Phrases with broads
Questions about broads
- What does broads mean?
- Broads means a network of mostly navigable rivers and lakes in the English counties of Norfolk and Suffolk.
- What is broads the plural of?
- Broads is the plural of broad.
- What part of speech is broads?
- Broads is a proper noun.
Words near broads in the dictionary
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