Broadmoor

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proper noun

A census-designated place in San Mateo County, California, United States.

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Meanings

proper noun
  1. A census-designated place in San Mateo County, California, United States.
  2. A high-security psychiatric hospital in Crowthorne, Berkshire, England.

    Unusually for a Broadmoor patient, he traveled with another patient being transferred from the same prison, a gentleman called Edmund Dainty, who had killed a fellow patient in the Surrey Asylum.

    2012, Terry Trainor, Bedlam. St. Mary of Bethlehem

Origin

From broad + moor.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

boardroom
Cite this entry
APA

Broadmoor. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Broadmoor

MLA

“Broadmoor.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Broadmoor. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Broadmoor,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Broadmoor.

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