Helen Fenton

Brogue: Definition and part of speech

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Brogue

  1. v. t. A dialectic pronunciation; esp. the Irish manner of pronouncing English.
  2. n. A stout, coarse shoe; a brogan.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Broaden: Definition and part of speech

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Broaden

  1. v. t. To make broad or broader; to render more broad or comprehensive.
  2. a. To grow broad; to become broader or wider.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Broad gauge: Definition and part of speech

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Broad gauge

  1. A wider distance between the rails than the “standard” gauge of four feet eight inches and a half. See Gauge.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Broadleaf: Definition and part of speech

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Broadleaf

  1. n. A tree (Terminalia latifolia) of Jamaica, the wood of which is used for boards, scantling, shingles, etc; — sometimes called the almond tree, from the shape of its fruit.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.