broadway

plural broadways

1. An esplanade.

   Just above the doorway, which opened spang onto the broadway of Datura, a grinning face peered down upon the visitors, its eyes ruby-colored glass.

   1962, Allen Kim Lang, Blind Man's Lantern

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   On a certain day the King was seated on the story of his palace which overlooked the town and the outskirts beyond the walls, in conversation with his Minister and favourites, when the Durweish was espied at no great distance standing on the broadway; which, when the King knew, he desired messengers might be dispatched to convey the holy man to his presence.

   1917, Mrs. Meer Hassan Ali, Observations on the Mussulmauns of India

2. slangcard gamesA straight from ace to ten in Texas hold 'em, or any of the cards (ace, king, queen, jack, ten) used to make such a straight.

1. uncountableA street name, typically for a wide road: a specific broad way.
2. uncountableA place name for a settlement which grew up around such a road. For example, Broadway, Worcestershire, Broadway, Somerset.
3. uncountableThe wide road which runs diagonally through Manhattan, New York City.

   Synonyms: Great White Way

4. uncountableThe theater district of Manhattan.
5. uncountableThe theatres in the Broadway theatre district; especially those covered by contracts between the owners and theatrical unions.

   Coordinate term: off-Broadway

6. metonymicallyuncountableThe American theater industry.

   Among the ensemble’s strange, outmoded, “original” instruments — the feral horns, sour violins, wooden flutes, cellos without endpins — she seemed right at home, despite her Broadway provenance.

   2007 July 8, Jesse Green, “Let Her Entertain You. Please!”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 24 Nov 2020

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   “King Homer” follows the story of King Kong closely, with Mr. Burns taking the freakishly over-sized King Homer from his native Africa, where he lives proud as a simian god, to the United States, where he is an initially impressive but ultimately rather limited Broadway attraction.

   2012 April 29, Nathan Rabin, “TV: Review: THE SIMPSONS (CLASSIC): “Treehouse of Horror III” (season 4, episode 5; originally aired 10/29/1992)”, in The AV Club, archived from the original on 08 Mar 2013

7. metonymicallyuncountableManitobaThe government of Manitoba (from the Legislative Building's address, on Broadway).

   Angry city councillors lashed out against both Broadway and Ottawa on Wednesday, claiming the Doer government and the Harper Conservatives are spending millions on infrastructure projects Winnipeg doesn't want and not enough on road repairs the city needs.

   2009 June 25, “Verbal vent at city hall: Councillors attack province, feds on their infrastructure priorities”, in Winnipeg Free Press

8. Two villages in England:
   1. uncountableA village and civil parish in Wychavon district, Worcestershire (OS grid ref SP0937).
   2. uncountableA village and civil parish in Somerset, previously in South Somerset district (OS grid ref ST3215).
9. uncountableA hamlet in The Havens community, Pembrokeshire, Wales (OS grid ref SM8713).
10. uncountableA village in County Wexford, Ireland.
11. uncountableA community in Pictou County, Nova Scotia, Canada.
12. A settlement in the United States:
    1. uncountableA neighbourhood of Newark, Essex County, New Jersey.
    2. uncountableAn unincorporated community and census-designated place in Warren County, New Jersey.
    3. uncountableA town in Lee County, North Carolina.
    4. uncountableAn unincorporated community in Taylor Township, Union County, Ohio.
    5. uncountableA town in Rockingham County, Virginia.
13. uncountableA locality in the Upper Lachlan council area, south eastern New South Wales, Australia.
14. uncountableA rare surname

1. slangcard gamesThe highest straight in poker, ace-king-queen-jack-ten.

1. broadlynot comparableFlashy; showy.

   Since he got the recording contract, he's gone all Broadway.

2. not comparableslangcard gamesOf, or pertaining to, the cards that make up a Broadway straight.

   Broadway connectors