Broads
Americannoun
plural noun
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a group of shallow navigable lakes, connected by a network of rivers, in E England, in Norfolk and Suffolk
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the region around these lakes: a tourist centre; several bird sanctuaries
Example Sentences
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“That was what the Broads wanted. It was a large reason for founding the museum to begin with.”
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 27, 2024
Since 1990, the initial spread in East Anglia was westwards from the Broads and southwards along the coastal marshes of Suffolk.
From BBC • Feb. 27, 2024
Some 381 acres within the Lower Waveney Valley and the Broads National Park would become a "corridor of wildlife".
From BBC • Feb. 14, 2024
The Broads were fascinated with the ’80s Lower Manhattan art scene.
From Los Angeles Times • May 24, 2023
She'd spent the second half of the summer with Ewan's family in the Norfolk Broads, so you'd think I'd've had time to get used to sisterlessness.
From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell
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