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BROAD-HEADED
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Dictionary entry overview: What does broad-headed mean?
• BROAD-HEADED (adjective)
The adjective BROAD-HEADED has 1 sense:
1. having a brachycephalic head
Familiarity information: BROAD-HEADED used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Having a brachycephalic head
Synonyms:
broad-headed; roundheaded; short-headed
Similar:
brachycephalic; brachycranial; brachycranic (having a short broad head with a cephalic index of over 80)
Context examples
There again was a bearded brother with a broad-headed axe and a bundle of faggots upon his shoulders, while beside him walked another with the shears under his arm and the white wool still clinging to his whiter gown.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
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