Word: broach
Phonetic:
/bɹəʊtʃ/Listen:
A series of chisel points mounted on one piece of steel. For example, the toothed stone chisel shown here.
A broad chisel for stone-cutting.
A spit for cooking food.
An awl; a bodkin; also, a wooden rod or pin, sharpened at each end, used by thatchers.
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.
To make a hole in, especially a cask of liquor, and put in a tap in order to draw the liquid.
To open, to make an opening into; to pierce. Example: French knights at Agincourt were unable to broach the English line.
To begin discussion about (something). Example: I broached the subject of contraceptives carefully when the teenager mentioned his promiscuity.
A piece of women’s ornamental jewellery having a pin allowing it to be fixed to garments worn on the upper body.
A painting all of one colour, such as a sepia painting.
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