broach

== English == === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /bɹəʊtʃ/ (US) IPA(key): /bɹoʊt͡ʃ/ Rhymes: -əʊtʃ Homophone: brooch === Etymology 1 === 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. ==== Noun ==== broach (plural broaches) A series of chisel points mounted on one piece of steel. For example, the toothed stone chisel shown here. (masonry) A broad chisel for stone-cutting. Alternative spelling of brooch. A spit for cooking food. An awl; a bodkin; also, a wooden rod or pin, sharpened at each end, used by thatchers. (architecture, UK, dialect) A spire rising from a tower. A spit-like start on the head of a young stag. The stick from which candle wicks are suspended for dipping. The pin in a lock which enters the barrel of the key. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== ==== Verb ==== broach (third-person singular simple present broaches, present participle broaching, simple past and past participle broached) (transitive) To make a hole in, especially a cask of liquor, and put in a tap in order to draw the liquid. (transitive) To open, to make an opening into; to pierce. (transitive, figuratively) To begin discussion about (something). Synonym: spring ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Related terms ===== brochure ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term. ==== Verb ==== broach (third-person singular simple present broaches, present participle broaching, simple past and past participle broached) (intransitive)To be turned sideways to oncoming waves, especially large or breaking waves. (transitive) To cause to turn sideways to oncoming waves, especially large or breaking waves (usually followed by to; also figurative). 18th C, Thomas Dibdin, Tom Bowling Here a sheer hulk lies poor Tom Bowling ... for death hath broached him to. (nautical, intransitive, of a submerged submarine, torpedo, or similar) To break the surface of the water. ===== Translations ===== === References === === See also === broach to === Anagrams === Orbach, Chorba, chorba, brocha == Scots == === Alternative forms === brutch, bruch, broche, brotch === Etymology === From Middle Scots broche, from Middle English broche, from Old French broche, from Vulgar Latin *brocca, originally a feminine form of Latin broccus; possibly ultimately of Gaulish provenance. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbrɒtʃ/ (Southern Scots) IPA(key): /ˈbrəʊtʃ/ === Noun === broach (plural broachs) (archaic) A spindle. (archaic) A slender or thin person (especially as a nickname).