broach
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6.1
- noun
- /broʊtʃ/
- UK
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broche
- He was trying to sell me a diamond broach.
So they're like, well, we have this like really cool brooch broach.
- So they're like, well, we have this like really cool brooch broach.
Examples
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She wore a stunning broach that sparkled in the sunlight.
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Hey, that is a lovely broach!
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- Oh, look at that pretty broach.
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I could sell my broach and necklace, I suppose.
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Here's that broach you wanted.
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She had some-- some kind of evidence, a locket, or a broach, or something, with the mother's name in it.
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Yeah, it is, and this is my grandmother's broach, and that was handed down through the family, and my mother thought she had gotten that, but I got it.
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The broach she received as a gift was beautifully crafted from silver.
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At the gala, many women adorned their dresses with elegant broaches.
Synonyms
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5.3
A small pin you wear on clothes to fasten them or to make them look nice
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8.0
A small decorative pin used to fasten or decorate a tie
A decorative pin fastened to the front of a woman's clothes
How Decorative
Surface Forms
Etymology
Broach for a decorative pin comes from an old French word broche meaning 'pointed stick' or 'skewer', because these early pins were small pointed tools pushed through cloth to hold or decorate it, so a broach is literally a 'pointed thing' you wear on clothing.