broadway

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see also: Broadway

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Noun

broadway (plural broadways)

1. An esplanade.

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Broadway

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈbɹɔdweɪ/

Proper noun

1. A street name, typically for a wide road; a broad way.
2. The wide road which runs diagonally through Manhattan, New York City.
3. A place name for a settlement which grew up around such a road. For example, Broadway, Worcestershire, Broadway, Somerset.
4. The theater district of Manhattan.
5. The theatres in the Broadway theatre district; especially those covered by contracts between the owners and theatrical unions.
6. The American theater industry.
7. (Manitoba, metonymy) The government of Manitoba (from the Legislative Building's address, on Broadway)).
   • 2009, “Verbal vent at city hall: Councillors attack province, feds on their infrastructure priorities”, in Winnipeg Free Press, June 25:

     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.

8. One of two villages in England.
9. A village in Wexford, Ireland.
10. A town in North Carolina.
11. A community in Nova Scotia, Canada.
12. A town in Virginia.

Noun

broadway

1. (poker slang) The highest straight in poker, ace-king-queen-jack-ten.

Adjective

broadway (not comparable)

1. (by extension if the proper noun senses) Flashy; showy.

   Since he got the recording contract, he's gone all Broadway.

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