broaches

Meaning of broaches

noun
  1. A series of chisel points mounted on one piece of steel. For example, the toothed stone chisel shown here.
  2. A broad chisel for stone-cutting.
  3. A spit for cooking food.
  4. An awl; a bodkin; also, a wooden rod or pin, sharpened at each end, used by thatchers.
  5. A spire rising from a tower.
  6. A spit-like start on the head of a young stag.
  7. The stick from which candle wicks are suspended for dipping.
  8. The pin in a lock which enters the barrel of the key.
verb
  1. To make a hole in, especially a cask of liquor, and put in a tap in order to draw the liquid.
  2. To open, to make an opening into; to pierce.
    French knights at Agincourt were unable to broach the English line.
  3. To begin discussion about (something).
    I broached the subject of contraceptives carefully when the teenager mentioned his promiscuity.
verb
  1. To be turned sideways to oncoming waves, especially large or breaking waves.
    The small boat broached and nearly sank, because of the large waves.
  2. To cause to turn sideways to oncoming waves, especially large or breaking waves (usually followed by to; also figurative).
    Each time we came around into the wind, the sea broached our bow.
noun
  1. A piece of women’s ornamental jewellery having a pin allowing it to be fixed to garments worn on the upper body.
  2. A painting all of one colour, such as a sepia painting.

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Hyphenation of broaches

broaches

  • It consists of 1 syllables and 8 chars.
  • broaches is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable

broaches synonyms

Meaning :

breastpin

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