Broken ˈbrəʊkən Adjective Window/Plate Leg/Arm/Bone Pieces Glass Dish

• a broken window/plate
• a broken leg/arm/bone
• pieces of broken glass
• how did this dish get broken?

broken

1. that has been damaged or injured; no longer whole or working correctly
• SEE ALSO broken heart
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/broken-heart
• a broken window/plate
• a broken leg/arm/bone
• pieces of broken glass
• How did this dish get broken?
• The TV's broken.
• They opened the bag and found a broken bottle.

Extra Examples

• The UN system is broken beyond repair.
• His front tooth was broken in half.
• One of her patients was a cat with a badly broken leg.
2. not kept
• Voters are disillusioned with the government's broken promises.
3. ended or destroyed
• SEE ALSO broken home
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/broken-home
• a broken marriage/engagement
4. not continuous; interrupted or disturbed
• a night of broken sleep
• a single broken white line across the road
5. made weak and tired by illness or difficulties
• He was a broken man after the failure of his business.
6. spoken slowly and with a lot of mistakes; not fluent
• to speak in broken English
7. having a rough surface
• an area of broken, rocky ground
8. in a way that keeps repeating a statement or opinion in an annoying way
• I hate sounding like a broken record, but I have to say again, we must do more to help.