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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

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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

broad arrow ^{[BACK TO TOP]}

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

broad arrow ^{[BACK TO TOP]}

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)

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