Meaning

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

• A lathe tool for turning down the insides and bottoms of cylinders.

• A British gold coin worth 20 shillings, issued by the Commonwealth of England in 1656.

Meaning

• Wide in extent or scope.

  "the broad expanse of ocean"

• Extended, in the sense of diffused; open; clear; full.

• Having a large measure of any thing or quality; unlimited; unrestrained.

• Comprehensive; liberal; enlarged.

• Plain; evident.

  "a broad hint"

• (writing) Unsubtle; obvious.

• Free; unrestrained; unconfined.

• Gross; coarse; indelicate.

  "a broad compliment; a broad joke; broad humour"

• (of an accent) Strongly regional.

• (Gaelic languages) Velarized, i.e. not palatalized.