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Definition of broach
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Recent Examples of broach from the Web
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Elsewhere, a neckline on a pale blue top plunged daringly and was given a tasteful lift with a broach detail under the bust.
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Elsewhere, a neckline on a pale blue top plunged daringly and was given a tasteful lift with a broach detail under the bust.
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Her trademark hats, scarves and broaches have long gone missing.
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For other productions, the company routinely provides swords and daggers, leather items, broaches, cauldrons, kettles and locks.
These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'broach'. Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
Origin and Etymology of broach
Middle English broche “pointed instrument, brooch,” borrowed from Anglo-French, “pointed object, brooch, spigot,”going back to Vulgar Latin *brocca, noun derivative from feminine of Latin broccus “prominent, projecting,” of uncertain origin
broach
Definition of broach
transitive verb
1a : to pierce (something, such as a cask) in order to draw the contents; also : to open for the first timeb : to open up or break into (a mine, stores, etc.)
2 : to shape or enlarge (a hole) with a broach (see 1broach 2c)
3a : to make known for the first timeb : to open up (a subject) for discussion a good time to broach the subject
intransitive verb
: to break the surface from below the whale broached
broacher
nounRecent Examples of broach from the Web
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That's the kind of thing that might get a brand-new pitching coach fired — and don't think the subject hasn't been broached in the Warehouse and the Law Offices of Peter Angelos.
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Warner broached the subject of Trump’s alleged conversations at a hearing originally called to discuss U.S. surveillance programs.
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Even broaching the topics can be costly; just ask Colin Kaepernick.
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During the meeting the Russians broached the idea of coordinating a back channel between the Trump administration and Russia, not Kushner, a source close to Kushner told Fox News.
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Yet in other respects, the plan is conceptually timid, doing little to broach the critical issue of how Union Station should signal its new identity to passers-by.
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The district spent three years researching the issue after parent Belinda Dong broached the subject at a 2014 school board meeting.
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A White House official later said the president did raise women’s rights in his private meetings with Saudi officials, and noted that administration officials broached the topic in their talks in the lead-up to the trip.
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The topic of Franken’s own political future was broached, too, after Smigel made a joke about Franken possibly running for president.
These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'broach'. Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
Origin and Etymology of broach
Middle English brochen “to pierce, skewer (meat), tap (a cask), borrowed from Anglo-French brocher “to prick, spur, stab,” verbal derivative of broche “pointed object” — more at 1broach
Synonym Discussion of broach
Recent Examples of broach from the Web
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That's the kind of thing that might get a brand-new pitching coach fired — and don't think the subject hasn't been broached in the Warehouse and the Law Offices of Peter Angelos.
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Warner broached the subject of Trump’s alleged conversations at a hearing originally called to discuss U.S. surveillance programs.
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Even broaching the topics can be costly; just ask Colin Kaepernick.
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During the meeting the Russians broached the idea of coordinating a back channel between the Trump administration and Russia, not Kushner, a source close to Kushner told Fox News.
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Yet in other respects, the plan is conceptually timid, doing little to broach the critical issue of how Union Station should signal its new identity to passers-by.
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The district spent three years researching the issue after parent Belinda Dong broached the subject at a 2014 school board meeting.
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A White House official later said the president did raise women’s rights in his private meetings with Saudi officials, and noted that administration officials broached the topic in their talks in the lead-up to the trip.
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The topic of Franken’s own political future was broached, too, after Smigel made a joke about Franken possibly running for president.
These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'broach'. Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
Origin and Etymology of broach
perhaps from 2broach
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broached
;broaching
: to bring up as a subject for discussion She broached an idea.
Medical Dictionary
Medical Definition of broach
: a fine tapered flexible instrument used in dentistry to remove dental pulp and to dress a root canal
broach
Medical Definition of broach
: to open (a vein) to draw blood
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