broadway
/ˈbɹɔdweɪ/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: 4.08 in modern English
17
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
A place name for a settlement which grew up around such a road. For example, Broadway, Worcestershire, Broadway, Somerset.
Uncountable
name
The theatres in the Broadway theatre district; especially those covered by contracts between the owners and theatrical unions.
Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "Coordinate term: off-Broadway"
- "Among the ensemble’s strange, outmoded, “original” instruments — the feral horns, sour violins, wooden flutes, cellos without endpins — she seemed right at home, despite her Broadway provenance."
- "“King Homer” follows the story of King Kong closely, with Mr. Burns taking the freakishly over-sized King Homer from his native Africa, where he lives proud as a simian god, to the United States, where he is an initially impressive but ultimately rather limited Broadway attraction."
- "Angry city councillors lashed out against both Broadway and Ottawa on Wednesday, claiming the Doer government and the Harper Conservatives are spending millions on infrastructure projects Winnipeg doesn't want and not enough on road repairs the city needs."
- "Since he got the recording contract, he's gone all Broadway."
- "Broadway connectors"
Etymology
By surface analysis, a proprialization from broadway. The Old English words "brad weg" have been used to name wide roads and associated settlements, in common noun and proper noun forms, for over a thousand years. Documented examples include Broadway, Somerset and Broadway, Worcestershire, England, which are listed in the Domesday Book census of 1086AD as "Bradewie" and "Bradeweia" respectively. Sense of “government of Manitoba” is from the address of the Manitoba Legislative Building, on Broadway in Winnipeg, Manitoba.