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  2. Broad - Wikipedia

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    Broad Group, a manufacturing company based in Changsha; Broad (British coin), an English gold coin minted under the Commonwealth; Broad Institute, a genomic research institute; an 18th-century slang term for a playing card; The Broad, a modern art museum in Los Angeles, California; The Broad (folk custom), a hooded-animal tradition in the ...

  3. Glossary of nautical terms (A–L) - Wikipedia

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    broad Wide in appearance from the vantage point of a lookout or other person viewing activity in the vicinity of a ship, e.g. another ship off the starboard bow with her side facing the viewer's ship could be described as "broad on the starboard bow" of the viewer's ship. Broad Fourteens

  4. Spatula - Wikipedia

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    The word spatula derives from the Latin word for a flat piece of wood or splint, a diminutive form of the Latin spatha, meaning 'broadsword', and hence can also refer to a tongue depressor. The words spade (digging tool) and spathe are similarly derived. The word spatula has been used in English since 1525. [3]

  5. List of hat styles - Wikipedia

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    A broad brimmed felt "countryman's hat" with a low crown. Widow's cap: A cap worn by women after the death of their husbands. Wizard/witch hat Pointed hat. A conical hat with a wide brim and a crooked top, traditionally associated with fictional wizards or witches. Zucchetto: Skullcap worn by clerics typically in Roman Catholicism.

  6. Broadband - Wikipedia

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    Different criteria for "broad" have been applied in different contexts and at different times. Its origin is in physics, acoustics, and radio systems engineering, where it had been used with a meaning similar to "wideband", [4] [5] or in the context of audio noise reduction systems, where it indicated a single-band rather than a multiple-audio-band system design of the compander.

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  8. Trap–bath split - Wikipedia

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    On the other hand, the split may be completely absent in other varieties like Abercraf English. [4] In northern English dialects, the short A is phonetically [a~a̠], while the broad A varies from [ɑː] to [aː]; for some speakers, the two vowels may be identical in quality, differing only in length ([a] vs [aː]). [5]

  9. Vicia faba - Wikipedia

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    Vicia faba, commonly known as the broad bean, fava bean, or faba bean, is a species of vetch, a flowering plant in the pea and bean family Fabaceae. It is widely cultivated as a crop for human consumption, and also as a cover crop. Varieties with smaller, harder seeds that are fed to horses or other animals are called field bean, tic bean or ...