broadsheet

English

Etymology

From 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, chapter 11, in The Line of Beauty […], 1st US edition, New York, N.Y.: Bloomsbury Publishing, →ISBN, page 294:

     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

Derived terms

• broadloid

 

Adjective

broadsheet (not comparable)

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

   broadsheet journalism

Translations

in the format of a broadsheet

• German: großformatig (de) n, Broadsheet-
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: fullformat

• Portuguese: standard (pt) m

relating to a broadsheet

See also

• compact

Anagrams

• sheetboard