broadway

name

1. (uncountable)A street name, typically for a wide road: a specific broad way.
2. (uncountable)A place name for a settlement which grew up around such a road. For example, Broadway, Worcestershire, Broadway, Somerset.
3. (uncountable)The wide road which runs diagonally through Manhattan, New York City.
4. (uncountable)The theater district of Manhattan.
5. (uncountable)The theatres in the Broadway theatre district; especially those covered by contracts between the owners and theatrical unions.

   “Coordinate term: off-Broadway”

6. (metonymically, uncountable)The American theater industry.

   “Among the ensemble’s strange, outmoded, “original” instruments — the feral horns, sour violins, wooden flutes, cellos without endpins — she seemed right at home, despite her Broadway provenance.”

   ““King Homer” follows the story of King Kong closely, with Mr. Burns taking the freakishly over-sized King Homer from his native Africa, where he lives proud as a simian god, to the United States, where he is an initially impressive but ultimately rather limited Broadway attraction.”

7. (metonymically, uncountable)The government of Manitoba (from the Legislative Building's address, on Broadway).

   “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. (uncountable)Two villages in England:
9. (uncountable)Two villages in England:
10. (uncountable)A hamlet in The Havens community, Pembrokeshire, Wales (OS grid ref SM8713).
11. (uncountable)A village in County Wexford, Ireland.
12. (uncountable)A community in Pictou County, Nova Scotia, Canada.
13. (uncountable)A settlement in the United States:
14. (uncountable)A settlement in the United States:
15. (uncountable)A settlement in the United States:
16. (uncountable)A settlement in the United States:
17. (uncountable)A settlement in the United States:
18. (uncountable)A locality in the Upper Lachlan council area, south eastern New South Wales, Australia.
19. (uncountable)A rare surname

noun

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

   “Just above the doorway, which opened spang onto the broadway of Datura, a grinning face peered down upon the visitors, its eyes ruby-colored glass.”

   “On a certain day the King was seated on the story of his palace which overlooked the town and the outskirts beyond the walls, in conversation with his Minister and favourites, when the Durweish was espied at no great distance standing on the broadway; which, when the King knew, he desired messengers might be dispatched to convey the holy man to his presence.”

3. (slang)A straight from ace to ten in Texas hold 'em, or any of the cards (ace, king, queen, jack, ten) used to make such a straight.

adj

1. (broadly, not-comparable)Flashy; showy.

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

2. (not-comparable, slang)Of, or pertaining to, the cards that make up a Broadway straight.

   “Broadway connectors”