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Definition of 'broach'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) broach
an elongated, tapered, serrated cutting tool for shaping and enlarging holes.

2.  broach
a spit for roasting meat.

3.  broach
a gimlet for tapping casks.

4.  broach
(in a lock) a pin receiving the barrel of a key.

5.  broach
a pointed tool for the rough dressing of stone.

6. (v.t.) broach
to mention or suggest for the first time.

7.  broach
to enlarge or finish with a broach.

8.  broach
to draw (beer, liquor, etc.), as by tapping.

9.  broach
to tap or pierce.

10. (v.i.) broach
(of a sailing vessel) to veer to windward.

11.  broach
to break the surface of water from below.

Etymology: (1175–1225; ME broche < AF, OF < VL *brocca spike, horn, tap of a cask, der. of L brocchus projecting)

Definition of 'broach'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (verb) brooch, broach, breastpin
a decorative pin worn by women

2. (verb) broach, initiate
bring up a topic for discussion

Definition of 'broach'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) broach
a spit

2. (noun) broach
an awl; a bodkin; also, a wooden rod or pin, sharpened at each end, used by thatchers

3. (noun) broach
a tool of steel, generally tapering, and of a polygonal form, with from four to eight cutting edges, for smoothing or enlarging holes in metal; sometimes made smooth or without edges, as for burnishing pivot holes in watches; a reamer. The broach for gun barrels is commonly square and without taper

4. (noun) broach
a straight tool with file teeth, made of steel, to be pressed through irregular holes in metal that cannot be dressed by revolving tools; a drift

5. (noun) broach
a broad chisel for stonecutting

6. (noun) broach
a spire rising from a tower

7. (noun) broach
a clasp for fastening a garment. See Brooch

8. (noun) broach
a spitlike start, on the head of a young stag

9. (noun) broach
the stick from which candle wicks are suspended for dipping

10. (noun) broach
the pin in a lock which enters the barrel of the key

11. (noun) broach
to spit; to pierce as with a spit

12. (noun) broach
to tap; to pierce, as a cask, in order to draw the liquor. Hence: To let out; to shed, as blood

13. (noun) broach
to open for the first time, as stores

14. (noun) broach
to make public; to utter; to publish first; to put forth; to introduce as a topic of conversation

15. (noun) broach
to cause to begin or break out

16. (noun) broach
to shape roughly, as a block of stone, by chiseling with a coarse tool

17. (noun) broach
to enlarge or dress (a hole), by using a broach

Definition of 'broach'

Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms

1. broach
When a water craft is thrown broadside to the wind and waves, against a bar, or against the shoreline.

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