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Broads

[ brawdz ]

noun

  1. The, (used with a plural verb) a low-lying region in E England, in Norfolk and Suffolk: bogs and marshy lakes.


Broads

/ brɔːdz /

plural noun

  1. a group of shallow navigable lakes, connected by a network of rivers, in E England, in Norfolk and Suffolk
  2. the region around these lakes: a tourist centre; several bird sanctuaries
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Example Sentences

Throughout the show, Catherine cries freely, unlike the other tough broads of crime.

Although many thousands know well the district of the Broads, yet to the bulk of people it is still a terra incognita.

We leave this, the most beautiful and deepest of the Broads, to make the most of the evening air down the river.

Most people will take fishing tackle with them on a cruise on the Broads, but I hope everybody will leave their guns at home.

Donnithorpe is a little hamlet just to the north of Langmere, in the country of the Broads.

The Broads and rivers abound with bream and roach; and there are pike, perch, and eels.

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