Broads

[ brawdz ]

noun

1. The, (used with a plural verb) a low-lying region in E England, in Norfolk and Suffolk: bogs and marshy lakes.

Broads

/ brɔːdz /

plural noun

1. a group of shallow navigable lakes, connected by a network of rivers, in E England, in Norfolk and Suffolk
2. the region around these lakes: a tourist centre; several bird sanctuaries

Example Sentences

Throughout the show, Catherine cries freely, unlike the other tough broads of crime.

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Although many thousands know well the district of the Broads, yet to the bulk of people it is still a terra incognita.

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We leave this, the most beautiful and deepest of the Broads, to make the most of the evening air down the river.

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Most people will take fishing tackle with them on a cruise on the Broads, but I hope everybody will leave their guns at home.

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Donnithorpe is a little hamlet just to the north of Langmere, in the country of the Broads.

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The Broads and rivers abound with bream and roach; and there are pike, perch, and eels.

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