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
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