broad-bottomedadj.
/ˌbrɔːdˈbɒtəmd/, U.S. /ˌbrɔdˈbɑdəmd/, /ˌbrɑdˈbɑdəmd/ 1. Of a physical object: having a wide or large bottom.
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the world > space > shape > flaring at extremity > [adjective] > thickened at end > at bottom
broad-bottomed1702
full-bottomed1707
broad-based1770
1649 Perfect Weekly Acct. 30 May 533 For making shoos with broad bottom'd heels..8.d.
1660 J. Harding tr. B. Valentine Triumphant Chariot Antimony 112 Take Hungarian Antimony most finely ground or powdered, put it into a broad bottomed Glasse, and pour upon it that water.
1702 London Gaz. No. 3837/4 A Silver Tankard, broad bottom'd.
1840 Eastern Arts & Antiq. 72 A candle in a broad-bottomed candlestick.
1952 W. J. Miller Introd. Hist. Geol. (ed. 6) xxiii. 388 Broad-bottomed, stream-cut valleys.
2021 telegraph.co.uk (Nexis) 18 Oct. Melt half the butter in a heavy, broad-bottomed saucepan and add the leek and onion.
2. Founded on broad support from across the spectrum of opinions or beliefs; appealing to a wide range of supporters. Typically in relation to a political party or faction, a ministry, etc.
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a1734 R. North Examen (1740) ii. v. §49. 345 A broad bottomed Rebellion was formed upon this large Dissenting Scheme.
1763 Lloyd's Evening Post 28 Jan. 98/3 A broad-bottomed plan was formed for the extinction of parties.
1804 Ld. Eldon in G. Rose Diaries (1860) II. 79 Forming an administration upon those broad-bottomed principles.
1930 Current Hist. Oct. 135/2 A wholly new, broad-bottomed, coalition party.
2015 Stud. in Philol. 112 540 Oxford envisioned a broad-bottomed Tory bloc, while Bolingbroke wanted to reconfigure the Tories along purer, high church party lines.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2022).
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