- We live in a very wide street.
- The car's too wide for the garage.
Broad is mostly used in abstract expressions.
- broad agreement ( = agreement on most points)
- broad-minded ( = tolerant)
- broad daylight ( = full, bright daylight)
Broad is also used in the expression broad shoulders ( = wide strong shoulders), and in descriptions of landscape in a formal style.
- Across the broad valley, the mountains rose blue and mysterious.
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