Meaning of BROADSIDE
| Pronunciation: | | 'brod`sId
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- [n] (naval) the simultaneous firing of all the armament on one side of a warship
- [n] the whole side of a vessel from stem to stern; "the ship was broadside to the dock"
- [n] (naval) all of the armament that is fired from one side of a warship
- [n] a speech of violent denunciation
- [n] an advertisement (usually printed on a page or in a leaflet) intended for wide distribution; "he mailed the circular to all subscribers"
- [adv] with a side facing an object; "the train hit the truck broadside"; "the wave caught the canoe broadside and capsized it"
- [adj] toward a full side; "a broadside attack"
- [v] collide with the broad side of; "her car broad-sided mine"
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| | Synonyms: | | bill, broadsheet, circular, flier, flyer, handbill, philippic, side(a), throwaway, tirade |
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| | See Also: | | ad, advert, advertisement, advertising, advertizement, advertizing, armament, collide with, declamation, denouncement, denunciation, fire, firing, hit, impinge on, run into, side, strike, stuffer | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Broad"side`\, n.
1. (Naut.) The side of a ship above the water line, from the
bow to the quarter.
2. A discharge of or from all the guns on one side of a ship,
at the same time.
3. A volley of abuse or denunciation. [Colloq.]
4. (Print.) A sheet of paper containing one large page, or
printed on one side only; -- called also {broadsheet}.
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| | Related Terms: | | antiaircraft barrage, aside, askance, askant, asquint, bank, barrage, beam, bombardment, border, box barrage, breadthwise, broad side foremost, broadside on, broadways, broadwise, burst, cannonade, cannonry, cheek, chop, coast, crabwise, creeping barrage, depthwise, drumfire, edgeway, edgeways, edgewise, emergency barrage, enfilade, flank, fusillade, glancingly, hail, hand, handedness, haunch, hip, jowl, laterad, laterality, laterally, many-sidedness, mortar barrage, multilaterality, normal barrage, on its side, on the beam, planking, profile, quarter, right and left, salvo, shore, shower, side, sideling, sidelong, sideward, sidewards, sideway, sideways, sidewise, siding, sidling, spray, standing barrage, storm, temple, through, unilaterality, volley, widthways, widthwise |
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