Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- A low-lying region of eastern England with wide, shallow lakes interconnected by rivers and small streams. The Broads is a wildlife sanctuary and recreational center.
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- proper noun A network of mostly
navigable rivers andlakes in the English counties ofNorfolk andSuffolk .
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Examples
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In the area known as the "Broads," numerous cracks appear to have separated, revealing open water.
All Stories 2012
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He said: "The Broads was a popular destination in the past, and is now trying to regain a distinct identity."
Telegraph.co.uk: news, business, sport, the Daily Telegraph newspaper, Sunday Telegraph 2010
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"Until something is done about connecting Norfolk with the rest of Britain, they can call the Broads what they like," she said.
Telegraph.co.uk: news, business, sport, the Daily Telegraph newspaper, Sunday Telegraph 2010
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He said: "The Broads was a popular destination in the past, and is now trying to regain a distinct identity."
Telegraph.co.uk: news, business, sport, the Daily Telegraph newspaper, Sunday Telegraph 2010
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"Until something is done about connecting Norfolk with the rest of Britain, they can call the Broads what they like," she said.
Telegraph.co.uk: news, business, sport, the Daily Telegraph newspaper, Sunday Telegraph 2010
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He said: "The Broads was a popular destination in the past, and is now trying to regain a distinct identity."
Telegraph.co.uk: news, business, sport, the Daily Telegraph newspaper, Sunday Telegraph 2010
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"Until something is done about connecting Norfolk with the rest of Britain, they can call the Broads what they like," she said.
Telegraph.co.uk: news, business, sport, the Daily Telegraph newspaper, Sunday Telegraph 2010
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Grumpy Old 'Broads'Not to be outdone by its rivals, ABC is leaping into the reality-TV trend: Elizabeth Taylor, Shirley MacLaine, Debbie Reynolds and Joan Collins just wrapped last week on an ABC television movie called "These Old Broads."
Newsmakers 2008
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And if you had a few tramps across the "Broads" you would not wonder at it, for hunger is soon the predominant feeling.
The Strand Magazine, Volume V, Issue 28, April 1893 An Illustrated Monthly Various 1880
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It is as an industrious local naturalist that Browne comes before us first, full of the fantastic minute life in the fens and "Broads" around Norwich, its various sea and marsh birds.
Appreciations, with an Essay on Style Walter Pater 1866
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