different between dodger vs broadsheet

English

Etymology

dodge +? -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?d?d??(?)/
• Rhymes: -?d??(?)

Noun

dodger (countable and uncountable, plural dodgers)

1. (countable) Someone who dodges (avoids something by quickly moving).
2. (countable) A person full of tricks or street smarts.
3. (countable, nautical) A frame-supported canvas over the companionway (entrance) of a sailboat providing the on-deck crew partial cover from the splashes of the seas that break against the hull of the boat.
4. (countable, Australia, slang) An advertising leaflet; a flyer.
5. (uncountable, Australia, US, slang, dated) Bread.

Synonyms

• (companionway cover): sprayhood

Derived terms

Translations

Anagrams

• red dog

English

Etymology

broad +? sheet

Noun

broadsheet (plural broadsheets)

1. A newspaper having pages of standard dimensions (as opposed to a tabloid), especially one that carries serious treatment of news.
   • 2004, Alan Hollinghurst, The Line of Beauty, Bloomsbury, 2005, Chapter 11 (iv),

     He glanced across at Wani, who was screened above the knees by the raised pink broadsheet with its headlines about record share prices, record house prices.

Synonyms

• quality newspaper

Antonyms

• tabloid
• yellow journalism

Adjective

broadsheet (not comparable)

1. In the format of a broadsheet.
2. Relating to a broadsheet or broadsheets.

   broadsheet journalism

Translations

See also

• compact

Anagrams

• sheetboard