Definition of "Broadway"

Broadway

/ˈbɹɔdweɪ/

proper noun
uncountable
1. A street name, typically for a wide road; a broad way.
2. A place name for a settlement which grew up around such a road. For example, Broadway, Worcestershire, Broadway, Somerset.
3. The wide road which runs diagonally through Manhattan, New York City.
4. The theater district of Manhattan.
5. The theatres in the Broadway theatre district; especially those covered by contracts between the owners and theatrical unions.
6. (metonymically) The American theater industry.
  Quotations
  “King Homer” follows the story of King Kong closely, with Mr. Burns taking the freakishly over-sized King Homer from his native Africa, where he lives proud as a simian god, to the United States, where he is an initially impressive but ultimately rather limited Broadway attraction.
  2012 April 29, Nathan Rabin, “TV: Review: THE SIMPSONS (CLASSIC): “Treehouse of Horror III” (season 4, episode 5; originally aired 10/29/1992)”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)‎
7. (Manitoba, metonymically) The government of Manitoba (from the Legislative Building's address, on Broadway).
  Quotations
  Angry city councillors lashed out against both Broadway and Ottawa on Wednesday, claiming the Doer government and the Harper Conservatives are spending millions on infrastructure projects Winnipeg doesn't want and not enough on road repairs the city needs.
  2009 June 25, “Verbal vent at city hall: Councillors attack province, feds on their infrastructure priorities”, in Winnipeg Free Press
8. Two villages in England:
  1. A village and civil parish in Wychavon district, Worcestershire (OS grid ref SP0937).
  2. A village and civil parish in South Somerset district, Somerset (OS grid ref ST3215).
9. A hamlet in The Havens community, Pembrokeshire, Wales (OS grid ref SM8713).
10. A village in County Wexford, Ireland.
11. A community in Nova Scotia, Canada.
12. A neighbourhood of Newark, Essex County, New Jersey.
13. An unincorporated community and census-designated place in Warren County, New Jersey.
14. A town in North Carolina.
15. A town in Virginia.
16. A rare surname
noun
1. (poker slang) The highest straight in poker, ace-king-queen-jack-ten.
adjective
not comparable
1. (by extension of the proper noun senses) Flashy; showy.
2. (poker slang) Of, or pertaining to, the cards that make up a Broadway straight.