broad (adj)

slang term for a woman

"a broad is a woman who can throw a mean punch"

wide, broad (adj)

having great (or a certain) extent from one side to the other

"wide roads"; "a wide necktie"; "wide margins"; "three feet wide"; "a river two miles broad"; "broad shoulders"; "a broad river"

across-the-board, all-embracing, all-encompassing, all-inclusive, blanket(a), broad, encompassing, extensive, panoptic, wide (adj)

broad in scope or content

"across-the-board pay increases"; "an all-embracing definition"; "blanket sanctions against human-rights violators"; "an invention with broad applications"; "a panoptic study of Soviet nationality"- T.G.Winner; "granted him wide powers"

broad, unspecific (adj)

not detailed or specific

"a broad rule"; "the broad outlines of the plan"; "felt an unspecific dread"

broad, unsubtle (adj)

lacking subtlety; obvious

"gave us a broad hint that it was time to leave"

broad(a), full(a) (adj)

being at a peak or culminating point

"broad daylight"; "full summer"

broad, spacious, wide (adj)

very large in expanse or scope

"a broad lawn"; "the wide plains"; "a spacious view"; "spacious skies"

broad (adj)

(of speech) heavily and noticeably regional

"a broad southern accent"

broad, large-minded, liberal, tolerant (adj)

showing or characterized by broad-mindedness

"a broad political stance"; "generous and broad sympathies"; "a liberal newspaper"; "tolerant of his opponent's opinions"

broad (Noun)

A prostitute, a woman of loose morals.

broad (Noun)

A woman or girl.

broad (Noun)

A shallow lake, one of a number of bodies of water in eastern Norfolk and Suffolk.

broad (Adjective)

Wide in extent or scope.

broad (Adjective)

Having a specified width (e.g. 3 ft broad).

broad (Adjective)

Strongly regional.

broad (Adjective)

Velarized, i.e. not palatalized.

Broad

The Broad was a British coin worth 20 shillings issued by the Commonwealth of England in 1656. It was a milled gold coin weighing 9.0–9.1 grams, with a diameter of 29 or 30 millimetres, designed by Thomas Simon. The obverse of the coin depicts the Lord Protector Oliver Cromwell as a laureated Roman emperor, with the inscription OLIVAR D G R P ANG SCO HIB &c PRO -- Oliver, by the Grace of God, Protector of the Republic of England, Scotland, Ireland, etc., -- while the reverse shows a crowned shield depicting the arms of the Commonwealth with the inscription PAX QVAERITVR BELLO 1656 -- Peace is sought through war. The current value of the coin in "very fine" to "extremely fine" condition is £3500 to £6000 as the pieces are very rare, but normally fairly unworn, although a Mr Pinkerton, writing at the time that the coins circulated, noted that many of the coins in circulation were so worn as to be almost flat. A piedfort version of the coin with an edge inscription is known as a Fifty shilling piece. This is extremely rare, and there are very few examples as it is probably a pattern.