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

1. noun. The side of a ship above the water line, from the bow to the quarter.
2. noun. A discharge of or from all the guns on one side of a ship, at the same time.
3. noun. A volley of abuse or denunciation.
4. noun. A sheet of paper containing one large page, or printed on one side only; -- called also broadsheet.
5. noun. the simultaneous firing of all the armament on one side of a warship
6. noun. the whole side of a vessel from stem to stern

   "the ship was broadside to the dock"

7. noun. all of the armament that is fired from one side of a warship
8. noun. a speech of violent denunciation

   Synonyms: philippic, tirade

9. noun. an advertisement (usually printed on a page or in a leaflet) intended for wide distribution

   "he mailed the circular to all subscribers"

   Synonyms: bill, broadsheet, circular, flier, flyer, handbill, throwaway

10. verb. collide with the broad side of

    "her car broad-sided mine"

11. adjective. toward a full side

    "a broadside attack"

12. adverb. with a side facing an object

    "the train hit the truck broadside"

    "the wave caught the canoe broadside and capsized it"

Synonyms

philippic, tirade, bill, broadsheet, circular, flier, flyer, handbill, throwaway

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in broadside:

sideboard

Common word forms

broadsided, broadsider, broadsides, broadsiding

Words from these letters

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