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broadsides

broadsides is the plural of broadside.

broadsides is the third-person singular simple present indicative of broadside.

Meaning of broadside

Noun

broadside (plural broadsides)

  1. One side of a ship above the waterline.
  2. All the guns on one side of a warship.
  3. 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
  4. (broadly) 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)
  5. A large sheet of paper, printed on one side and folded.
  6. The printed lyrics of a folk song or ballad; a broadsheet.

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Questions about broadsides

What is broadsides the plural of?
Broadsides is the plural of broadside.

Words near broadsides in the dictionary

  1. broadside
  2. broadside on
  3. broadsided
  4. broadsider
  5. broadsiders
  6. broadsides
  7. broadsiding
  8. broadsman
  9. broadsmen
  10. broadspectrum
  11. broadspread

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