broach
/bɹoʊt͡ʃ/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 2.62 in modern English
13
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
1
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A series of chisel points mounted on one piece of steel. For example, the toothed stone chisel shown here.
noun
Example Sentences
- "Mr. S. had a large straw hat, and striped jacket and trousers, and his shirt fastened at the throat by a broach with Carry's hair, for he was always quite above wearing a neckcloth."
- "She pinned a broach on her jacket. When Viv saw it, she laughed. “Is that the best you can do? A flower broach?”"
- "He turned a broach that had worn a crown."
- "It [the straw] is laid on to a considerable thickness and firmly secured by ropes or twisted straw, and pinned down by sharpened sticks called 'broaches'"
- "How often has the broached barrel proved not to be for joy and heart effusion, but for duel and head-breakage."
- "French knights at Agincourt were unable to broach the English line."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Celtic *brokkos Gaulish *brokkosbor.? Latin broccus Vulgar Latin brocca Old French brochebor. Middle English broche English broach From Middle English broche, from Old French broche, from Vulgar Latin *brocca, originally a feminine form of Latin broccus, perhaps ultimately of Gaulish origin (see Scottish Gaelic bròg). Doublet of brochure.
Origin
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /bɹoʊt͡ʃ/
- British English: /bɹəʊtʃ/