Broadsword

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A sword with a wide, usually two-edged blade that is designed for slashing rather than thrusting.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A type of sword, usually a longsword, that has a broad cutting blade that does blunt damage as well as cutting damage. They were the pinnacle of medieval European sword technology.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A sword with a broad blade and a cutting edge; a claymore.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A sword with a broad blade, as distinguished from one with a narrow blade or from a three-sided thrusting-sword; a sword of which the edge as well as the point is used.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a sword with a broad blade and (usually) two cutting edges; used to cut rather than stab
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    brand    blade    steel    sword   
    Cross Reference
    falchion   
    Hyponym
    claymore   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    claymore   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    scimitar    poniard    cutlass    saber    sabre    longsword    shortsword    targe    claymore    dagger   
     
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