meaning of broach
1. A spit.
2. An awl; a bodkin; also, a wooden rod or pin, sharpened at each end, used by thatchers.
3. 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.
4. 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.
5. A broad chisel for stonecutting.
6. A spire rising from a tower.
7. A clasp for fastening a garment. See Brooch.
8. A spitlike start, on the head of a young stag.
9. The stick from which candle wicks are suspended for dipping.
10. The pin in a lock which enters the barrel of the key.
11. To spit; to pierce as with a spit.
12. To tap; to pierce, as a cask, in order to draw the liquor. Hence: To let out; to shed, as blood.
13. To open for the first time, as stores.
14. To make public; to utter; to publish first; to put forth; to introduce as a topic of conversation.
15. To cause to begin or break out.
16. To shape roughly, as a block of stone, by chiseling with a coarse tool.
17. To enlarge or dress (a hole), by using a broach.
Related Words
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