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Broad in the beam

(of a ship) Wide across the hull.

📖 Definitions of "Broad in the beam"

adjective
  1. 1

    (of a ship) Wide across the hull.

  2. 2

    (of a person, especially a female) Wide across the hips, with large buttocks.

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