broad-beamed

adjective

Wide across body parts such as the hips.

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Meanings

adjectivebroad-beamed (comparative more broad-beamed, superlative most broad-beamed)

comparative more broad-beamed · superlative most broad-beamed · alternative broad across the beam · alternative broad in the beam

  1. idiomaticWide across body parts such as the hips.

    1969, Philip K. Dick, Ubik, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Boston: 2012, p 171. ' "May I use your phone book? he asked the broad-beamed, middle-aged proprietor. "In the rear," the proprietor said amiably, with a jerk of his heavy thumb.'

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broad-beamed. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/broad-beamed

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“broad-beamed.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/broad-beamed. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

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