broadway

nouncommon in dialogue

//ˈbɹɔːdweɪ//

An esplanade.

noun

1
An esplanade.
Just above the doorway, which opened spang onto the broadway of Datura, a grinning face peered down upon the visitors, its eyes ruby-colored glass.
On a certain day the King was seated on the story of his palace which overlooked the town and the outskirts beyond the walls, in conversation with his Minister and favourites, when the Durweish was espied at no great distance standing on the broadway; which, when the King knew, he desired messengers might be dispatched to convey the holy man to his presence.
2
slangA straight from ace to ten in Texas hold 'em, or any of the cards (ace, king, queen, jack, ten) used to make such a straight.

Etymology

From a Middle English antecedent, from an Old English one; by surface analysis, broad + way; more at Broadway.

Forms

plural: broadways

broadcast · Cast or scattered widely in all directions; cast abroad.broadcasting · Sending in all directions.Broads · A network of mostly navigable rivers and lakes in the English…

broadway · An esplanade.

Broadway · A street name, typically for a wide road: a specific broad…broccoli · A plant, Brassica oleracea var. italica, of the cabbage…Broccoli · A surname from Italian.

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