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Definitions for Broach

[1] Machinery . an elongated, tapered, serrated cutting tool for shaping and enlarging holes.
[2] a spit for roasting meat.
[3] a gimlet for tapping casks.
[4] (in a lock) a pin receiving the barrel of a key.
[5] Also broach spire . Architecture . an octagonal spire rising directly from a tower without any intervening feature.
[6] Masonry . a pointed tool for the rough dressing of stone.
[7] brooch.
[8] to enlarge and finish with a broach.
[9] to mention or suggest for the first time: to broach a subject.
[10] to draw (beer, liquor, etc.), as by tapping: to broach beer from a keg.
[11] to tap or pierce.
[12] Masonry . to shape or dress (a block of stone).
[13] Nautical . (of a sailing vessel) to veer to windward.
[14] to break the surface of water; rise from the sea, as a fish or a submarine.
[15] (tr) to initiate (a topic) for discussion to broach a dangerous subject
[16] (tr) to tap or pierce (a container) to draw off (a liquid) to broach a cask ; to broach wine
[17] (tr) to open in order to begin to use to broach a shipment
[18] (intr) to break the surface of the water the trout broached after being hooked
[19] (tr) machinery to enlarge and finish (a hole) by reaming
[20] a long tapered toothed cutting tool for enlarging holes
[21] a spit for roasting meat, etc
[22] a roof covering the corner triangle on the top of a square tower having an octagonal spire
[23] a pin, forming part of some types of lock, that registers in the hollow bore of a key
[24] a tool used for tapping casks
[25] a less common spelling of brooch
[26] 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

Words related to Broach

moot, advance, ventilate, offer, suggest, move, interpose, introduce, mention, interject, submit, propose, approach, begin, tap, decant, start, puncture, crack, uncork

Words nearby Broach

brno, brno chair, bro, bro talk, bro., broach, broad, broad arrow, broad bean, broad church, broad construction

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

Words that may be confused with Broach

broach, brooch

Other words from Broach

broach·er , noun
un·broached , adjective

Word origin for Broach

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

Synonyms for Broach

bring up, hint at, moot, touch on, advance, approach, interject, interpose, introduce, mention, move, offer, propose, submit, suggest, ventilate, open up, raise subject, speak of, talk of