broach

[ brohch ]

/ broʊtʃ /

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noun

Machinery. an elongated, tapered, serrated cutting tool for shaping and enlarging holes.

a spit for roasting meat.

a gimlet for tapping casks.

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

Also broach spire .Architecture. an octagonal spire rising directly from a tower without any intervening feature.

Masonry. a pointed tool for the rough dressing of stone.

brooch.

verb (used with object)

to enlarge and finish with a broach.

to mention or suggest for the first time: to broach a subject.

to draw (beer, liquor, etc.), as by tapping: to broach beer from a keg.

to tap or pierce.

Masonry. to shape or dress (a block of stone).

verb (used without object)

Nautical. (of a sailing vessel) to veer to windward.

to break the surface of water; rise from the sea, as a fish or a submarine.

SYNONYMS FOR broach

8 introduce, propose, bring up, submit, advance.

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a false belief or opinion.

the matter that settles to the bottom of a liquid.

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Origin of broach

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

OTHER WORDS FROM broach

broacher, nounun·broached, adjective

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH broach

broach , brooch

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Example sentences from the Web for broach

We were at the CIA recently, and I broached this question because it was front and center in our make-believe intelligence agency.
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Names broached have included former Treasury secretary Tim Geithner and former Fed vice chairman Donald Kohn.
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These questions were not broached, and it almost seemed as if the lawmakers were not even interested in the answers.
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She added that Koch Industries had “good-faith concerns we broached with CPI” that remained unanswered.
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It is time to resurrect an idea first broached by Ronald Reagan: eliminating Cabinet departments.
How the GOP Freshmen Should Battle the Budget|Matt Latimer|February 17, 2011|DAILY BEAST
Once she had broached the subject of further payment, and had seen by his tightening lips that she had made a mistake.
Fairfax and His Pride|Marie Van Vorst
Knowing that the conversation would most likely turn upon the subject which had just been broached, I hurried out of the room.
The Memoires of Casanova, Complete|Jacques Casanova de Seingalt
His wife acted so unreasonably when that question was broached that he saw it was useless to discuss it.
Boyhood in Norway|Hjalmar Hjorth Boyesen
Another had been broached, and the men were both visibly and audibly in their cups.
The Boss of Taroomba|E. W. Hornung
On the last night of their stay, Bob broached for the first time the subject of their future.
The Long Chance|Peter B. Kyne

British Dictionary definitions for broach (1 of 2)

broach¹

/ (brəʊtʃ) /

verb

(tr) to initiate (a topic) for discussionto broach a dangerous subject

(tr) to tap or pierce (a container) to draw off (a liquid)to broach a cask; to broach wine

(tr) to open in order to begin to useto broach a shipment

(intr) to break the surface of the waterthe trout broached after being hooked

(tr) machinery to enlarge and finish (a hole) by reaming

noun

a long tapered toothed cutting tool for enlarging holes

a spit for roasting meat, etc

a roof covering the corner triangle on the top of a square tower having an octagonal spire

a pin, forming part of some types of lock, that registers in the hollow bore of a key

a tool used for tapping casks

a less common spelling of brooch

Derived forms of broach

broacher, noun

Word Origin for broach

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

British Dictionary definitions for broach (2 of 2)

broach²

/ (brəʊtʃ) /

verb

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

Word Origin for broach

C18: perhaps from broach 1 in obsolete sense of turn on a spit

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Medical definitions for broach

broach

[ brōch ]

n.

A dental instrument for removing the pulp of a tooth or exploring its canal.

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