broad

adjective11

1. •
   wide, or covering a large area or a lot of different things

   • To meet it, pro-democracy organizations, universities and law firms must bravely speak up against abuses of power while building the broadest possible coalition to stand up for fundamental rights. — 2025
2. •
   Comprehensive; liberal; enlarged.

   • The words in the Constitution are broad enough to include the case. — 1819
3. •
   General rather than specific.
4. •
   Strongly regional.

   • She still has a broad Scottish accent, despite moving to California 20 years ago.
5. •
   Plain; evident.
6. •
   Unsubtle; obvious.

   • Lee: I wrote that line for you. Maeve: A bit broad, if you ask me. — 2018
7. •
   Extended, in the sense of diffused; open; clear; full.
8. •
   Having a large measure of any thing or quality; unlimited; unrestrained.
9. •
   Free; unrestrained; unconfined.
10. •
    (old-fashioned) Gross; coarse; indelicate.
11. •
    Velarized, i.e. not palatalized.

noun7

1. •
   (slang, old-fashioned) a woman, spoken of in a rough way that shows little respect for her

   • They always hook you in the end, them broads. This whole trouble is on account of a dame reads a book. — 1950
2. •
   (UK) one of a group of shallow lakes in Norfolk and Suffolk, in the east of England
3. •
   (slang, offensive) a woman seen as having sex with many men, especially a prostitute

   • “Now we go up Bowery Street look at broads. Me pay.” — 1925
4. •
   a floodlight that spreads light evenly over a wide area, used in making films and television shows

   • […] fresnel spotlights, old-type broads, sky-pans, cone-lights, etc. — 1974
5. •
   (UK, historical) an English gold coin of 1656, made by Oliver Cromwell's government and worth 20 shillings
6. •
   a cutting tool that shapes the inside and bottom of a cylinder as a lathe turns the cylinder
7. •
   (slang, no longer used) a playing card, in the language of gamblers and card cheats

   • 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

noun2

1. •
   Abbreviation of broadcast.
2. •
   Abbreviation of broadcasting.