broadsheet

[ brawd-sheet ]

/ ˈbrɔdˌʃit /

noun

Chiefly British. a newspaper printed on large paper, usually a respectable newspaper rather than a tabloid.

Nearby words

broadloom, broadloom carpet, broadmoor, broadness, broads, broadsheet, broadside, broadsword, broadtail, broadus, broadview heights

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Examples from the Web for broadsheet

There is a canon of comic literature on Israel/Palestine that acutely captures the conflict as journalistically as any broadsheet.
Diaspora's Splendor|Jonathan Guyer|August 30, 2012|DAILY BEAST
When it comes to influence, conservatives have the broadsheet opinion war won.
The Right-Wing Op-Ed Insurgency|Samuel P. Jacobs|August 1, 2009|DAILY BEAST
Among the references to me, Wolff claims that Murdoch, in effect, won the London broadsheet price war, which he did not.
The Rupert I Know|Conrad Black|December 17, 2008|DAILY BEAST
It may properly be termed a broadsheet, since the copy of the original in the British Museum measures 20-2/3 inches by 13.
Caricature and Other Comic Art|James Parton.

He crossed the road in order to read a broadsheet giving the latest war news.
Billy Barcroft, R.N.A.S.|Percy F. Westerman
The man in the frieze coat was reading the broadsheet of August 31.
War and Peace|Leo Tolstoy
It is, says Dixon, the common English broadsheet "turned into the dialect of Cockaigne."
The English and Scottish Popular Ballads (Volume I of 5)|Various
Will it be published by itself and obtainable in some handier form than the broadsheet of the Times?
The Life, Letters and Work of Frederic Leighton|Mrs. Russell Barrington

British Dictionary definitions for broadsheet

broadsheet

/ (ˈbrɔːdˌʃiːt) /

noun

a newspaper having a large format, approximately 15 by 24 inches (38 by 61 centimetres)Compare tabloid

another word for broadside (def. 4)

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