Word Meanings - PLAYA - Book Publishers vocabulary database

A beach; a strand; in the plains and deserts of Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona, a broad, level spot, on which subsequently becomes dry by evaporation. Bartlett.

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• BROADSWORD
  A sword with a broad blade and a cutting edge; a claymore. I heard the broadsword's deadly clang. Sir W. Scott.
• BROADBILL
  A wild duck , which appears in large numbers on the eastern coast of the United States, in autumn; - - called also bluebill, blackhead, raft duck, and scaup duck. See Scaup duck.
• EVAPORATION
  See VAPORIZATION (more info) 1. The process by which any substance is converted from a liquid state into, and carried off in, vapor; as, the evaporation of water, of ether, of camphor. 2.
• BROADLY
  In a broad manner.
• BROADCLOTH
  A fine smooth-faced woolen cloth for men's garments, usually of double width ; -- so called in distinction from woolens three quarters of a yard wide.
• LEVELER
  1. One who, or that which, levels. 2. One who would remove social inequalities or distinctions; a socialist.
• BARTLETT
  A Bartlett pear, a favorite kind of pear, which originated in England about 1770, and was called Williams' Bonchrétien. It was brought to America, and distributed by Mr. Enoch Bartlett, of Dorchester, Massachusetts.
• BROAD-BRIMMED
  Having a broad brim. A broad-brimmed flat silver plate. Tatler.
• BROADCAST
  1. Cast or dispersed in all directions, as seed from the hand in sowing; widely diffused. 2. Scattering in all directions ; -- opposed to planting in hills, or rows.
• BROAD CHURCH
  A portion of the Church of England, consisting of persons who claim to hold a position, in respect to doctrine and fellowship, intermediate between the High Church party and the Low Church, or evangelical, party. The term has been applied
• BROADBRIM
  1. A hat with a very broad brim, like those worn by men of the society of Friends. 2. A member of the society of Friends; a Quaker.
• WHICHEVER; WHICHSOEVER
  Whether one or another; whether one or the other; which; that one which; as, whichever road you take, it will lead you to town.
• BROAD-HORNED
  Having horns spreading widely.
• TEXAS
  A structure on the hurricane deck of a steamer, containing the pilot house, officers' cabins, etc. Knight.
• BROADWISE
  Breadthwise.
• BROADEN
  To grow broad; to become broader or wider. The broadening sun appears. Wordsworth.
• BEACHY
  Having a beach or beaches; formed by a beach or beaches; shingly. The beachy girdle of the ocean. Shak.
• WHICH
  the root of hwa who + lic body; hence properly, of what sort or kind; akin to OS. hwilik which, OFries. hwelik, D. welk, G. welch, OHG. welih, hwelih, Icel. hvilikr, Dan. & Sw. hvilken, Goth. hwileiks, 1. Of what sort or kind; what; what a; who.
• PLAINSMAN
  One who lives in the plains.
• BEACH
  1. Pebbles, collectively; shingle. 2. The shore of the sea, or of a lake, which is washed by the waves; especially, a sandy or pebbly shore; the strand. Beach flea , the common name of many species of amphipod Crustacea, of the family Orchestidæ,
• SEA LEVEL
  The level of the surface of the sea; any surface on the same level with the sea.
• BROAD
  Characterized by breadth. See Breadth. 9. Cross; coarse; indelicate; as, a broad compliment; a broad joke; broad humor. 10. Strongly marked; as, a broad Scotch accent. Note: Broad is often used in compounds to signify wide, large, etc.;
• LEVEL
  libella level, water level, a plumb level, dim. of libra pound, measure for liquids, balance, water poise, level. Cf. Librate, 1. A line or surface to which, at every point, a vertical or plumb line is perpendicular; a line or surface which is
• WATER LEVEL
  1. The level formed by the surface of still water. 2. A kind of leveling instrument. See under Level, n.