broad

  1. Adjective.  (context, of a person or object) Wide in extent or scope.
  2. Adjective.  Having a specified width (e.g. ''3 ft broad'').
  3. Adjective.  (context, of an accent) Strongly regional.
  4. Adjective.  (context, Irish language) Velarized, i.e. not palatalized.
  5. Noun.  (dated) A prostitute, a woman of loose morals.
  6. Noun.  (American) A woman or girl.
  7. Noun.  (UK) A shallow lake, one of a number of bodies of water in eastern Norfolk and Suffolk.
  8. Noun.  A lathe tool for turning down the insides and bottoms of cylinders.

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