broadside
/ˈbrɔːdsaɪd/US/ˈbrɔdˌsaɪd/
broadside noun: one side of a ship above the waterline.
Noun
broadside (plural broadsides)
- One side of a ship above the waterline.
- All the guns on one side of a warship.
- The simultaneous firing of these guns.
- Broadside! What fools to face our guns!2007 September 25, Bungie, Halo 3, spoken by Rtas 'Vadum (Robert Davi), Microsoft Game Studios, Xbox 360, level/area: The Ark
- A forceful attack, whether written or spoken.
- Although slaveholders managed - through a combination of political compromise and ideological broadside - to contain the threat of a major anti-slavery compaign by fellow Southerners, planters could never be totally sure of non-slaveholders' loyalty to the social order.1993, Peter Kolchin, American Slavery (Penguin History, paperback edition, 34)
- Fernández's diplomatic broadside follows the British government's decision last month to name a large frozen chunk of Antarctica after the Queen – a gesture viewed in Buenos Aires as provocative.2013 January 3, Luke Harding, Uki Goni, The Guardian
- A large sheet of paper, printed on one side and folded.
- The printed lyrics of a folk song or ballad; a broadsheet.
Adverb
broadside (not comparable)
- Sideways; with the side turned to the direction of some object.
- [...] the slight fluctuations [in speed] were due to a strong side-wind, which caught the train broadside along exposed stretches of the line.1964 June, Cecil J. Allen, “Locomotive Running Past and Present”, in Modern Railways, page 388
- They were going some 60-80 mph [on a motorcycle] down a 30 mph street, hit a car broadside & Pat pushed against Bert, who was crushed into the side of the car.1977-1980, Lou Sullivan, personal diary, quoted in 2019, Ellis Martin, Zach Ozma (editors), We Both Laughed In Pleasure
Verb
broadside (third-person singular simple present broadsides, present participle broadsiding, simple past and past participle broadsided)
- To collide with something side-on.
broadside meaning in Tamil, Malayalam and Kannada
broadside in Tamil
- பக்கவாக்கு, கப்பலின் பக்கம், போர்க்கப்பலின் ஒருபக்க சுடுகல வரிசை
broadside in Malayalam
- volley, salvo, cannonade
- സാരസ്സവെടി, അണിവെടി, പീരങ്കിവെടി, പീരങ്കിയണിവെടി, സത്കാരയണിവെടി, അഗ്ന്യസ്ത്രോദ്ഗാരം
- censure, criticism, polemic
- വാക്കുകളിൽകൂടിയുള്ള കനത്ത ആക്രമണം, രൂക്ഷവിമർശനം, വിമർശനം, അധിക്ഷേപം, ധിക്പാരുഷ്യം, നിന്ദ
broadside in Kannada
- ಹರಿತ ವಾಗ್ದಾಳಿ, ಕಟು ಪ್ರತಿಕ್ರಿಯೆ, ತೀವ್ರ ಖಂಡನೆ, ಮೊನಚು ಮೂದಲೆ
Examples of broadside in a sentence
- The ship swung broadside on to the current of the river.
- So our broadside will intercept his completely—nothing will get through—at a distance of half a kilomile.
- RLDRAMs have a traditional SRAM broadside address interface but are otherwise DRAMs built for low cycle times and low Read latency.
Forms of broadside
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | broadsides |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | broadsides |
| present participle | broadsiding |
| past participle | broadsided |
| past | broadsided |
Origin of broadside
From broad + side.
Words formed from broadside
- broadside ironclad
- broadside on
- broadsider
Questions about broadside
- What does broadside mean?
- Broadside means one side of a ship above the waterline.
- What is broadside in Tamil?
- Broadside in Tamil is பக்கவாக்கு, கப்பலின் பக்கம், போர்க்கப்பலின் ஒருபக்க சுடுகல வரிசை. See Broadside meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is broadside?
- Broadside can be a noun, an adverb or a verb.
- How do you pronounce broadside?
- Broadside is pronounced /ˈbrɔːdsaɪd/ (UK).
- What is the plural of broadside?
- The plural of broadside is broadsides.
Words near broadside in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: broadside (page history and authors); broadside (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); broadside (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); broadside (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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