broad-shouldered
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3.2
- adjective
- /brɔdˈʃoʊldərd/
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- Cacao producer Oscar Ferrier Toledo, a broad-shouldered man with a mustache, was in the audience.
- a broad-shouldered man
If I'm designing for a woman who dresses to impress other women, then I need angles, broad shoulders, strong shapes, hard fabrics.
- If I'm designing for a woman who dresses to impress other women, then I need angles, broad shoulders, strong shapes, hard fabrics.
- You know, farm boy with the broad shoulders, with the farmer's hand, and he got working in the fields.
- Outcomes Azrael with his dagger attached to his hip and the matching sword peeking over his broad shoulders.
- And then some days you would wake up and you look in the mirror and you just see your broad shoulders, like your bravo.
- But when she's trying to talk about how like he's got broad shoulders, blah, blah, blah, he had arms stretching for miles.
Examples
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Both boys were broad-shouldered and sturdy lads for their age, with light brown hair and brown eyes.
Fiction book (1992) -
The man was tall, broad-shouldered, well-built, like an athlete, she thought.
Fiction book (2002) -
Seated at the table is a broad-shouldered man in a bad suit.
Fiction book (1991) -
The outline of a large, broad-shouldered man was visible some distance above the rest of them.
Fiction book (1992) -
Stoker looked at the broad-shouldered man who appeared more like a dockworker than a chef.
Fiction book (2002) -
Johnny is tall, broad-shouldered, and genial; and his good looks are as natural as Carmilla's.
Fiction book (2001) -
Her tall, broad-shouldered rugby player's build wasn't the best choice for this errand.
Fiction book (2002) -
Pam meticulously described Mr. Kanecky, the broad-shouldered volleyball coach.
Fiction book (1997) -
One of the Nereids—tall, graceful, broad-shouldered—breaks out of the formation and glides toward me.
Fiction book (2002) -
The broad-shouldered man effortlessly lifted the heavy beam during the construction project.
Synonyms
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4.0
Having broad shoulders that make a person look strong
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4.1
Having broad straight shoulders that make the upper body look square
Having a wide frame like a boat or sofa that is stable
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Morphology
Etymology
The word broad-shouldered comes from the simple parts broad ('wide') and shoulder ('the place where the arm joins the body'), so it literally means having 'wide' shoulders and makes you think of someone strong.