Usually means: Railway with wider than standard track.
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  1. broad-gauge: Merriam-Webster
  2. broad-gauge: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. broad-gauge, broad-gauge: Collins English Dictionary
  4. broad-gauge: Wordnik
  5. broad-gauge: Wiktionary
  6. broad-gauge: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  7. broad-gauge: Infoplease Dictionary
  8. broad-gauge: Dictionary.com
  9. Broad-gauge: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  10. broad-gauge: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. broad-gauge: Encyclopedia

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Definitions from Wiktionary (broad-gauge)

▸ adjective:  (rail transport) Relating to broad gauge or having a broad gauge.
▸ adjective:  Comprehensive; wide in scope.

Similar:
narrow-gauge, narrow-gage, gauge-restricted, metre-gauge, girth-galled, Great British, goring, goodsized, gigabinary, groaty, more...

Opposite:
narrow-gauge, standard-gauge, narrow-minded

Types:
standard-gauge, Irish broad gauge, Indibroad gauge, Russibroad gauge, more...

Phrases:
Broad-gauge railway, more...

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Similar:
narrow-gauge, narrow-gage, gauge-restricted, metre-gauge, girth-galled, Great British, goring, goodsized, gigabinary, groaty, more...

Opposite:
narrow-gauge, standard-gauge, narrow-minded

Types:
standard-gauge, Irish broad gauge, Indibroad gauge, Russibroad gauge, more...

Phrases:
Broad-gauge railway, more...



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