Definitions for broach
  • Broach (n.) - A spit.
  • Broach (n.) - An awl; a bodkin; also, a wooden rod or pin, sharpened at each end, used by thatchers.
  • Broach (n.) - A tool of steel, generally tapering, and of a polygonal form, with from four to eight cutting edges, for smoothing or enlarging holes in metal; sometimes made smooth or without edges, as for burnishing pivot holes in watches; a reamer. The broach for gun barrels is commonly square and without taper.
  • Broach (n.) - A straight tool with file teeth, made of steel, to be pressed through irregular holes in metal that cannot be dressed by revolving tools; a drift.
  • Broach (n.) - A broad chisel for stonecutting.
  • Broach (n.) - A spire rising from a tower.
  • Broach (n.) - A clasp for fastening a garment. See Brooch.
  • Broach (n.) - A spitlike start, on the head of a young stag.
  • Broach (n.) - The stick from which candle wicks are suspended for dipping.
  • Broach (n.) - The pin in a lock which enters the barrel of the key.
  • Broach (n.) - To spit; to pierce as with a spit.
  • Broach (n.) - To tap; to pierce, as a cask, in order to draw the liquor. Hence: To let out; to shed, as blood.
  • Broach (n.) - To open for the first time, as stores.
  • Broach (n.) - To make public; to utter; to publish first; to put forth; to introduce as a topic of conversation.
  • Broach (n.) - To cause to begin or break out.
  • Broach (n.) - To shape roughly, as a block of stone, by chiseling with a coarse tool.
  • Broach (n.) - To enlarge or dress (a hole), by using a broach.
  • Broached (imp. & p. p.) - of Broach
  • Broaches - Sorry, we do not have a definition for this word
  • Broaching (p. pr. & vb. n.) - of Broach
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