BROAD ARROW

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does broad arrow mean? 

• BROAD ARROW (noun)
  The noun BROAD ARROW has 3 senses:

1. an arrowhead mark identifying British government property

2. a mark shaped like an arrowhead; used to mark convicts' clothing

3. an arrow with a wide barbed head

  Familiarity information: BROAD ARROW used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BROAD ARROW (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An arrowhead mark identifying British government property

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("broad arrow" is a kind of...):

mark; marker; marking (a distinguishing symbol)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A mark shaped like an arrowhead; used to mark convicts' clothing

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("broad arrow" is a kind of...):

mark (a written or printed symbol (as for punctuation))

Sense 3

Meaning:

An arrow with a wide barbed head

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("broad arrow" is a kind of...):

arrow (a projectile with a straight thin shaft and an arrowhead on one end and stabilizing vanes on the other; intended to be shot from a bow)