broadsheet

nounC1Very rare — outside the 30,000 commonest English words, so you will meet it in writing rather than in speechmostly written

Other forms: broadsheets

A broadsheet is a large serious newspaper. The broadsheets and the tabloids, a broadsheet review, in the broadsheet press.

The word names a size and has come to mean a tone, which is why papers that shrank to tabloid size are still called broadsheets. In Britain the distinction carries a great deal of class weight.

Definitions of broadsheet

1nounbroadsheetA large serious newspaper.C1
“My grandfather reads a broadsheet every morning, folding the huge pages over his breakfast.”

broadsheet is a newspaper.

Where it comes from

Broad plus sheet, from the large sheet a newspaper was printed on.

From broad + sheet.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

Practised in News & Communication

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broadsheet in the wild

A tabloid is a newspaper format characterized by its compact size, smaller than a broadsheet.
Tabloid (newspaper format)
Red top tabloids are distinct from broadsheet newspapers, which traditionally cater to more affluent, educated audiences with in-depth reporting and analysis.
Tabloid (newspaper format)
A broadsheet is the largest newspaper format and is characterized by long vertical pages, typically of 22.5 inches in height.
Broadsheet
In Britain, the broadsheet newspaper developed in response to a 1712 tax on newspapers based on their page counts.
Broadsheet
The Province is a daily newspaper published in tabloid format in British Columbia by Pacific Newspaper Group, a division of Postmedia Network, alongside the Vancouver Sun broadsheet newspaper.
The Province

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