broach
/broʊtʃ/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation
[brohch] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation –noun
1. Machinery. an elongated, tapered, serrated cutting tool for shaping and enlarging holes.
2. a spit for roasting meat.
3. a gimlet for tapping casks.
4. (in a lock) a pin receiving the barrel of a key.
5. Also, broach spire. Architecture. an octagonal spire rising directly from a tower without any intervening feature.
6. Masonry. a pointed tool for the rough dressing of stone.
7. brooch. –verb (used with object)
8. to enlarge and finish with a broach.
9. to mention or suggest for the first time: to broach a subject.
10. to draw (beer, liquor, etc.), as by tapping: to broach beer from a keg.
11. to tap or pierce.
12. Masonry. to shape or dress (a block of stone). –verb (used without object)
13. Nautical. (of a sailing vessel) to veer to windward.
14. to break the surface of water; rise from the sea, as a fish or a submarine.
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brooch (broch, br¡ch) also broach (broch) nounThis appears to be one of those words which is heard in conversation more than it is seen in print. My dictonary pronounces it "broach" like roach, even though the looked-up spelling was brooch. The additional confusion due to "broach" being an alternate is a factor as well.
A relatively large decorative pin or clasp.
[Middle English broche, pointed tool, brooch, pin. See broach1.]
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