Broad
(superl.) Wide |
Broad
(superl.) Extending far and wide |
Broad
(superl.) Extended, in the sense of diffused |
Broad
(superl.) Fig.: Having a large measure of any thing or quality |
Broad
(superl.) Comprehensive |
Broad
(superl.) Plain |
Broad
(superl.) Free |
Broad
(superl.) Characterized by breadth. See Breadth. |
Broad
(superl.) Cross |
Broad
(superl.) Strongly marked |
Broad
(n.) The broad part of anything |
Broad
(n.) The spread of a river into a sheet of water |
Broad
(n.) A lathe tool for turning down the insides and bottoms of cylinders. |
Broad-brimmed
(a.) Having a broad brim. |
Broad Church
() A portion of the Church of England, consisting of persons who claim to hold a position, in respect to doctrine and fellowship, intermediate between the High Church party and the Low Church, or evangelical, party. The term has been applied to other bodies of men holding liberal or comprehensive views of Christian doctrine and fellowship. |
Broad gauge
() A wider distance between the rails than the "standard" gauge of four feet eight inches and a half. See Gauge. |
Broad-horned
(a.) Having horns spreading widely. |
Broad-leaved
(a.) Alt. of Broad-leafed |
Broad-leafed
(a.) Having broad, or relatively broad, leaves. |
Broad seal
() The great seal of England |
Crown-post
(n.) Same as King-post. |
Ex post facto
() Alt. of Ex postfacto |
Fence
(n.) That which fends off attack or danger |
Fence
(n.) An inclosure about a field or other space, or about any object |
Fence
(n.) A projection on the bolt, which passes through the tumbler gates in locking and unlocking. |
Fence
(n.) Self-defense by the use of the sword |
Fence
(n.) A receiver of stolen goods, or a place where they are received. |
Fencing
(imp. & p. p. Fenced (/) |
Fence
(v. t.) To fend off danger from |
Fence
(v. t.) To inclose with a fence or other protection |
Fence
(v. i.) To make a defense |
Fence
(v. i.) To practice the art of attack and defense with the sword or with the foil, esp. with the smallsword, using the point only. |
Fence
(v. i.) Hence, to fight or dispute in the manner of fencers, that is, by thrusting, guarding, parrying, etc. |
Fencing
(n.) The art or practice of attack and defense with the sword, esp. with the smallsword. See Fence, v. i., 2. |
Fencing
(v. i.) Disputing or debating in a manner resembling the art of fencers. |
Fencing
(v. i.) The materials used for building fences. |
Fencing
(v. i.) The act of building a fence. |
Fencing
(v. i.) The aggregate of the fences put up for inclosure or protection |
Flower-fence
(n.) A tropical leguminous bush (Poinciana, / Caesalpinia, pulcherrima) with prickly branches, and showy yellow or red flowers |
Give
(n.) To bestow without receiving a return |
Give
(n.) To yield possesion of |
Give
(n.) To yield |
Give
(n.) To communicate or announce, as advice, tidings, etc. |
Give
(n.) To grant power or license to |
Give
(n.) To exhibit as a product or result |
Give
(n.) To devote |
Give
(n.) To set forth as a known quantity or a known relation, or as a premise from which to reason |
Give
(n.) To allow or admit by way of supposition. |
Give
(n.) To attribute |
Give
(n.) To excite or cause to exist, as a sensation |
| interchange reciprocation give-and-take | mutual interaction, the activity of reciprocating or exchanging (especially information) |
autopsy
necropsy
postmortem
post-mortem
PM
postmortem examination
post-mortem examination | an examination and dissection of a dead body to determine cause of death or the changes produced by disease |
| post | the delivery and collection of letters and packages, it came by the first post, if you hurry you'll catch the post |
broad jump
long jump | the act of jumping as far as possible from a running start |
| post office | a children's game in which kisses are exchanged for pretended letters |
| give-and-go | a basketball maneuver, one offensive player passes the ball to another, then runs toward the basket to take a return pass |
position post
berth
office spot billet
place
situation | a job in an organization, he occupied a post in the treasury |
| fencing | the art or sport of fighting with swords (especially the use of foils or epees or sabres to score points under a set of rules) |
| fence lizard | spiny lizard often seen basking on fences in the United States and northern Mexico |
western fence lizard
swift blue-belly
Sceloporus occidentalis | common western lizard, seen on logs or rocks |
eastern fence lizard
pine lizard
Sceloporus undulatus | small active lizard of United States and north to British Columbia |
powder-post termite
Cryptotermes brevis | extremely destructive dry-wood termite of warm regions |
post horse
post-horse
poster | a horse kept at an inn or post house for use by mail carriers or for rent to travelers |
| broad arrow | an arrow with a wide barbed head |
| broad gauge | a railroad track (or its width) broader than the standard . inches |
| broad hatchet | a short-handled hatchet with a broad blade opposite a hammerhead |
| chainlink fence | a fence of steel wires woven into a diamond pattern |
command post
general headquarters
GHQ | military headquarters from which a military commander controls and organizes the forces |
| corner post | a square post supporting a structural member at the corner of a building |
country store
general store
trading post | a retail store serving a sparsely populated region, usually stocked with a wide variety of merchandise |
fence
fencing | a barrier that serves to enclose an area |
fencing mask
fencer's mask | a face mask made of fine mesh that is worn over a fencer's face |
| fencing sword | a sword used in the sport of fencing |
hinging post
swinging post | the gatepost on which the gate is hung |
| hitching post | a fixed post with a ring to which a horse can be hitched to prevent it from straying |
| king post | post connecting the crossbeam to the apex of a triangular truss |
military post
post | military installation at which a body of troops is stationed, this military post provides an important source of income for the town nearby, there is an officer's club on the post |
newel post
newel | the post at the top or bottom of a flight of stairs, it supports the handrail |
picket fence
paling | a fence made of upright pickets |
| post | an upright consisting of a piece of timber or metal fixed firmly in an upright position, he set a row of posts in the ground and strung barbwire between them |
| post and lintel | a structure consisting of vertical beams (posts) supporting a horizontal beam (lintel) |
| post chaise | closed horse-drawn carriage with four wheels, formerly used to transport passengers and mail |
post exchange
PX | a commissary on a United States Army post |
posthole
post hole | a hole dug in the ground to hold a fence post |
posthole digger
post-hole digger | a shovel used to sink postholes |
| post horn | wind instrument used by postilions of the th and th centuries |
posthouse
post house | an inn for exchanging post horses and accommodating riders |
Post-Office box
PO Box
POB
call box letter box | a numbered compartment in a post office where mail is put to be called for |
| post road | a road over which mail is carried |
| queen post | vertical tie post in a roof truss |
| rail fence | a fence (usually made of split logs laid across each other at an angle) |
| shutting post | the gatepost against which the gate closes |
singlestick
fencing stick
backsword | a stick used instead of a sword for fencing |
split rail
fence rail | a rail that is split from a log |
sunk fence
ha-ha
haw-haw | a ditch with one side being a retaining wall, used to divide lands without defacing the landscape |
telephone pole
telegraph pole
telegraph post | tall pole supporting telephone wires |
| whipping post | post formerly used in public to which offenders are tied to be whipped |
worm fence
snake fence
snakeail fence
Virginia fence | rail fence consisting of a zigzag of interlocking rails |
give
spring
springiness | the elasticity of something that can be stretched and returns to its original length |
broad interpretation
judicial activism | an interpretation of the U.S. constitution holding that the spirit of the times and the needs of the nation can legitimately influence judicial decisions (particularly decisions of the Supreme Court) |