broadside

Noun · Verb · Adjective · Adverb
Synonyms: circularhandbillbillbroadsheetflierflyerthrowawaytiradephilippic

WordNet 3.0

Noun (5)

  1. an advertisement (usually printed on a page or in a leaflet) intended for wide distribution“he mailed the circular to all subscribers”Synonyms: circularhandbillbillbroadsheetflierflyerthrowaway
  2. a speech of violent denunciationSynonyms: tiradephilippic
  3. all of the armament that is fired from one side of a warship
  4. the whole side of a vessel from stem to stern“the ship was broadside to the dock”
  5. the simultaneous firing of all the armament on one side of a warship

Verb (1)

  1. collide with the broad side of“her car broad-sided mine”

Adjective (1)

  1. toward a full side“a broadside attack”

Adverb (1)

  1. with a side facing an object“the train hit the truck broadside”“the wave caught the canoe broadside and capsized it”
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Broadside \Broad"side`\, n.

1.(Naut.) The side of a ship above the water line, from the bow to the quarter. [1913 Webster]

2.A discharge of or from all the guns on one side of a ship, at the same time. [1913 Webster]

3.A volley of abuse or denunciation. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster]

4.(Print.) A sheet of paper containing one large page, or printed on one side only; -- called also broadsheet. [1913 Webster]

broad-side \broad-side\ v. t. to collide with the broad side of. her car broad-sided mine

Syn: broadside. [WordNet 1.5]

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