'Broadside' definitions:
Definition of 'broadside'
From: WordNet
adverb
With a side facing an object; "the train hit the truck broadside"; "the wave caught the canoe broadside and capsized it"
adjective
Toward a full side; "a broadside attack"
noun
An advertisement (usually printed on a page or in a leaflet) intended for wide distribution; "he mailed the circular to all subscribers" [syn: circular, handbill, bill, broadside, broadsheet, flier, flyer, throwaway]
noun
noun
All of the armament that is fired from one side of a warship
noun
The whole side of a vessel from stem to stern; "the ship was broadside to the dock"
noun
The simultaneous firing of all the armament on one side of a warship
verb
Collide with the broad side of; "her car broad-sided mine"
Definition of 'Broadside'
From: 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]
Synonyms of 'broadside'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- antiaircraft barrage,
- aside,
- askance,
- askant,
- asquint,
- bank,
- barrage,
- beam,
- bombardment,
- border,
- box barrage,
- breadthwise,
- broad side foremost,
- broadside on,
- broadways,
- broadwise,
- burst,
- cannonade,
- cannonry,
- cheek,
- chop,
- coast,
- crabwise,
- creeping barrage,
- depthwise,
- drumfire,
- edgeway,
- edgeways,
- edgewise,
- emergency barrage,
- enfilade,
- flank,
- fusillade,
- glancingly,
- hail,
- hand,
- handedness,
- haunch,
- hip,
- jowl,
- laterad,
- laterality,
- laterally,
- many-sidedness,
- mortar barrage,
- multilaterality,
- normal barrage,
- on its side,
- on the beam,
- planking,
- profile,
- quarter,
- right and left,
- salvo,
- shore,
- shower,
- side,
- sideling,
- sidelong,
- sideward,
- sidewards,
- sideway,
- sideways,
- sidewise,
- siding,
- sidling,
- spray,
- standing barrage,
- storm,
- temple,
- through,
- unilaterality,
- volley,
- widthways,
- widthwise