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broadway
noun
an
old-fashioned
term
for
a
town
β
s
wide
main
road
or
principal
street
β’
The
town's
main
broadway
was
lined
with
shops
and
cafes
.
The
town's
main
broadway
was
lined
with
shops
and
cafes
.
β’
Horse-drawn
carriages
once
clattered
along
the
dusty
broadway
.
Horse-drawn
carriages
once
clattered
along
the
dusty
broadway
.
From
broad
+
way
;
used
in
the
17thβ19th
centuries
for
any
unusually
wide
thoroughfare
in
a
settlement
.
Broadway
proper noun
-
Broadway
the
group
of
large
professional
theatres
in
New
York
City
and
the
musicals
and
plays
they
present
β’
She
dreams
of
performing
on
Broadway
one
day
.
She
dreams
of
performing
on
Broadway
one
day
.
β’
Tickets
to
the
new
Broadway
musical
sold
out
in
minutes
.
Tickets
to
the
new
Broadway
musical
sold
out
in
minutes
.
Originally
the
name
of
a
long
,
wide
street
in
Manhattan
;
by
the
early
20th
century
the
stretch
lined
with
theatres
came
to
represent
the
American
commercial
stage
as
a
whole
.
proper noun
-
Broadway
a
long
,
wide
street
that
runs
the
length
of
Manhattan
in
New
York
City
β’
Times
Square
sits
at
the
intersection
of
Broadway
and
Seventh
Avenue
.
Times
Square
sits
at
the
intersection
of
Broadway
and
Seventh
Avenue
.
β’
A
parade
marched
proudly
down
Broadway
on
a
sunny
afternoon
.
A
parade
marched
proudly
down
Broadway
on
a
sunny
afternoon
.
From
broad
+
way
,
describing
the
generous
width
of
the
original
colonial
road
laid
out
in
New
Amsterdam
,
later
retained
as
it
became
the
modern
avenue
.
