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Meaning of broad-beamed | Babel Free

Adjective CEFR C1

Definitions

Wide across body parts such as the hips.

idiomatic

Examples

“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.'”

CEFR level

C1

Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.

See also

broad-brush broad-gauge broad-leaved broad-minded broad-mouthed broad-ranging