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proper noun
- A street name found in a number of cities, but particularly in the Borough of Manhattan, in New York City, cutting a lazy diagonal through the otherwise rigid grid.
- The theater district of Manhattan; specifically, those theaters (most of which are actually not fronting on Broadway) covered by contracts between the theater owners and the theatrical unions.
- A synonym for the "American theater", much as "the West End' is for the British theater.
- (context, poker slang) The highest straight in poker, Ace-King-Queen-Jack-Ten
adjective
- Of or pertaining to Broadway theaters, to the shows performed there, or to persons associated with them, as with "Broadway star" or "Broadway producer".
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