BROAD
What does "BROAD" mean?
Wide in extent from side to side, or wide-ranging in scope.
Meanings
- Large in distance from one side to the other; wide. A broad river separated the two villages.
- Covering a wide range of subjects, people, or possibilities. The course gives a broad overview before going deep.
- General rather than detailed; not subtle. In broad terms, the plan is to grow then consolidate.
- Of an accent, strongly regional and unmistakable. He answered in a broad Yorkshire that the tourists struggled to follow.
Word origin
From Old English 'brad' (wide, spacious), of Germanic origin, related to Dutch 'breed' and German 'breit'.
Remember it
BROAD = 'a ROAD' with a B in front - and roads are made to be broad.
A little poem
Broad as the day starts-
by dusk the road has narrowed
to one lit doorway.
haiku
Wordplay
- I tried to summarise the whole encyclopaedia. Now that's painting with a broad brush.
What it teaches
Start broad to find the edges; finish narrow to find the point.
Quick facts
What does BROAD mean?
Wide in extent from side to side, or wide-ranging in scope.
Is BROAD a valid word?
Yes — BROAD is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is BROAD?
BROAD has 5 letters and 1 syllable.
Where does BROAD come from?
From Old English 'brad' (wide, spacious), of Germanic origin, related to Dutch 'breed' and German 'breit'.
What can BROAD teach us?
Start broad to find the edges; finish narrow to find the point.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.