Broad and Round

Broad

Broad adjective - Having a greater than usual measure across.

Round and broad are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Round" instead an adjective "Broad".

Round

Round adjective - Having every part of the surface the same distance from the center.

Broad and round are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Broad" instead an adjective "Round".

Nearby Words: rounded, rounder, roundly, roundel, roundish

How words are described

good good broad good round

Both words in one sentence

  • Show, Don't Tell Hollywood Pudgy: Alice is of ideal or slightly below ideal weight, has broad shoulders, and has round cheeks.
  • Nicholas has "a broad face, and a little round belly / That shook when he laughed, like a bowl full of jelly." Christmas Elves: St Nick himself is described as an 'elf' here, making this debatably the Ur-Example.
  • Big Fun According to Twas The Night Before Christmas, and to virtually every depiction that's followed it since, Santa Claus has "a broad face, and a little round belly / That shook when he laughed, like a bowl full of jelly."
    Source: Big Fun
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