Word Study
broadway
CIDE DICTIONARY
broadway, n.
- a street in Manhattan famous for its restaurants and its theaters in the Times Square area. At its intersection with Seventh Avenue, it forms Times Square, an area with impressive displays of bright lights, particularly advertising; it is considered by some to be the cultural center of New York City. [WordNet 1.5]
- the theater district of Manhattan, located near Times Square. [PJC]
THESAURUS
broadway
burlesque, carnival, circus, drama, entertainment industry, legit, legitimate stage, off Broadway, off-off-Broadway, playland, repertory drama, show biz, show business, stage world, stagedom, stageland, stock, strawhat, strawhat circuit, summer stock, the boards, the footlights, the scenes, the stage, the theater, theater world, theatromania, theatrophobia, variety, vaudevilleFor further exploring for "broadway" in Webster Dictionary Online