Dictionary Entry
broadside
broadside is a 9-letter English word with 12 senses as noun, verb, adjective, and adverb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: The side of a ship above the water line, from the bow to the quarter. Face value is 13 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
9 letters · Scrabble 13 · Words With Friends 14 · 12 senses
Definitions
- 1noun
The side of a ship above the water line, from the bow to the quarter.
- 2noun
A discharge of or from all the guns on one side of a ship, at the same time.
- 3noun
A volley of abuse or denunciation.
- 4noun
A sheet of paper containing one large page, or printed on one side only; -- called also broadsheet.
- 5noun
the simultaneous firing of all the armament on one side of a warship
- 6noun
the whole side of a vessel from stem to stern
"the ship was broadside to the dock"
- 7noun
all of the armament that is fired from one side of a warship
- 8noun
a speech of violent denunciation
- 9noun
an advertisement (usually printed on a page or in a leaflet) intended for wide distribution
"he mailed the circular to all subscribers"
- 10verb
collide with the broad side of
"her car broad-sided mine"
- 11adjective
toward a full side
"a broadside attack"
- 12adverb
with a side facing an object
"the train hit the truck broadside"
"the wave caught the canoe broadside and capsized it"
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