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broach

[ brohch ]

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.


verb (used with object)

  1. to enlarge and finish with a broach.

    Synonyms: , , ,

  2. to mention or suggest for the first time:

    to broach a subject.

  3. to draw (beer, liquor, etc.), as by tapping:

    to broach beer from a keg.

  4. to tap or pierce.
  5. Masonry. to shape or dress (a block of stone).

verb (used without object)

  1. Nautical. (of a sailing vessel) to veer to windward.
  2. to break the surface of water; rise from the sea, as a fish or a submarine.

broach

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/ ²ú°ùəʊ³Ùʃ /

verb

  1. tr to initiate (a topic) for discussion

    to broach a dangerous subject

  2. tr to tap or pierce (a container) to draw off (a liquid)

    to broach a cask

    to broach wine

  3. tr to open in order to begin to use

    to broach a shipment

  4. intr to break the surface of the water

    the trout broached after being hooked

  5. tr machinery to enlarge and finish (a hole) by reaming
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. a long tapered toothed cutting tool for enlarging holes
  2. a spit for roasting meat, etc
  3. a roof covering the corner triangle on the top of a square tower having an octagonal spire
  4. a pin, forming part of some types of lock, that registers in the hollow bore of a key
  5. a tool used for tapping casks
  6. a less common spelling of brooch
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

broach

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/ ²ú°ùəʊ³Ùʃ /

verb

  1. nautical usually foll by to to cause (a sailing vessel) to swerve sharply and dangerously or (of a sailing vessel) to swerve sharply and dangerously in a following sea, so as to be broadside to the waves
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈ²ú°ù´Ç²¹³¦³ó±ð°ù, noun
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

  • ²ú°ù´Ç²¹³¦³ó·±ð°ù noun
  • ³Ü²Ô·²ú°ù´Ç²¹³¦³ó±ð»å adjective
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of broach1

1175–1225; (noun) Middle English broche < Anglo-French, Old French < Vulgar Latin *brocca spike, horn, tap of a cask ( Medieval Latin broca ), noun use of feminine of Latin adj. brocc ( h ) us projecting (said of teeth); (v.) Middle English brochen < Old French broch ( i ) er, derivative of the noun
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of broach1

C14: from Old French broche , from Vulgar Latin brocca (unattested), from Latin brochus projecting

Origin of broach2

C18: perhaps from broach 1in obsolete sense of turn on a spit
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He will reveal, only broadly, the topics that have been broached.

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But the topic of back NIL pay had never been broached with USC before the lawsuit was filed.

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He broached the subject when saying he felt no trepidation about working with Ridley Scott on the upcoming “Gladiator II†film.

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President of baseball operations Andrew Friedman did the same when Buehler broached the topic at the ballpark.

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