Broad (adjective)
Wide in extent or scope.
“three feet broad”
“the broad expanse of ocean”
Broad (adjective)
Extended, in the sense of diffused; open; clear; full.
Broad (adjective)
Having a large measure of any thing or quality; unlimited; unrestrained.
Broad (adjective)
Comprehensive; liberal; enlarged.
Broad (adjective)
Plain; evident.
“a broad hint”
Broad (adjective)
Unsubtle; obvious.
Broad (adjective)
Free; unrestrained; unconfined.
Broad (adjective)
Gross; coarse; indelicate.
“a broad compliment; a broad joke; broad humour”
Broad (adjective)
Strongly regional.
Broad (adjective)
Velarized, i.e. not palatalized.
Broad (noun)
A prostitute, a woman of loose morals.
Broad (noun)
A woman or girl.
“Who was that broad I saw you with?”
Broad (noun)
A shallow lake, one of a number of bodies of water in eastern Norfolk and Suffolk.
Broad (noun)
A lathe tool for turning down the insides and bottoms of cylinders.
Broad (noun)
A British gold coin worth 20 shillings, issued by the Commonwealth of England in 1656.
Board (noun)
A relatively long, wide and thin piece of any material, usually wood or similar, often for use in construction or furniture-making.
Board (noun)
A device (e.g., switchboard) containing electrical switches and other controls and designed to control lights, sound, telephone connections, etc.
Board (noun)
A flat surface with markings for playing a board game.
“Each player starts the game with four counters on the board.”
Board (noun)
Short for blackboard, whiteboard, chessboard, surfboard, message board (on the Internet), etc.
Board (noun)
A committee that manages the business of an organization, e.g., a board of directors.
“We have to wait to hear back from the board.”
Board (noun)
Regular meals or the amount paid for them in a place of lodging.
“Room and board”
Board (noun)
The side of a ship.
Board (noun)
The distance a sailing vessel runs between tacks when working to windward.
Board (noun)
The wall that surrounds an ice hockey rink, often in plural.
Board (noun)
A long, narrow table, like that used in a medieval dining hall.
Board (noun)
Paper made thick and stiff like a board, for book covers, etc.; pasteboard.
“to bind a book in boards”
Board (noun)
A level or stage having a particular layout.
Board (noun)
A container for holding pre-dealt cards that is used to allow multiple sets of players to play the same cards. thumb|Board (duplicate bridge)
Board (noun)
A rebound.
Board (verb)
To step or climb onto or otherwise enter a ship, aircraft, train or other conveyance.
“It is time to board the aircraft.”
Board (verb)
To provide someone with meals and lodging, usually in exchange for money.
“to board one’s horse at a livery stable”
Board (verb)
To receive meals and lodging in exchange for money.
Board (verb)
To capture an enemy ship by going alongside and grappling her, then invading her with a boarding party
Board (verb)
To obtain meals, or meals and lodgings, statedly for compensation
Board (verb)
To approach (someone); to make advances to, accost.
Board (verb)
To cover with boards or boarding.
“to board a house”
Board (verb)
To hit (someone) with a wooden board.
Board (verb)
To write something on a board, especially a blackboard or whiteboard.