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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. n. A relatively large decorative pin or clasp.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. n. An ornamental clasp consisting of a pin and a projecting or covering shield, used for fastening the dress, or merely for display. When the garment is large and heavy, as a cloak or the ecclesiastical cope, the brooch has generally been found insufficient, and has been replaced by the agraffe or some other form of clasp. Ornamental brooches are now worn mostly by women, but were formerly worn by both sexes, sometimes on the hat or cap. Also spelled broach.
  2. To adorn with or as with a brooch or brooches.
  3. n. A monotint, or picture in one color, as a sepia sketch.

Wiktionary

  1. n. A piece of women’s ornamental jewellery having a pin allowing it to be fixed to garments worn on the upper body.
  2. v. transitive To adorn as with a brooch.

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. n. An ornament, in various forms, with a tongue, pin, or loop for attaching it to a garment; now worn at the breast by women; a breastpin. Formerly worn by men on the hat.
  2. n. (Paint.) A painting all of one color, as a sepia painting, or an India painting.
  3. v. rare To adorn as with a brooch.

WordNet 3.0

  1. n. a decorative pin worn by women
  2. v. fasten with or as if with a brooch

Etymologies

  1. Middle English broche, pointed tool, brooch, pin; see broach1. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)

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synonyms (4)

Words with the same meaning

  1. clasp
  1. ouch
  1. fibula
  1. breastpin

hypernyms (4)

Words that are more generic or abstract

  1. fix
  1. secure
  1. fasten
  1. pin

same context (23)

Words that are found in similar contexts

  1. earring
  2. buckle
  3. locket
  4. clasp
  1. circlet
  2. trinket
  3. tiara
  4. jewelry
  1. pendant
  2. medallion
  3. choker
  4. bead
  1. girdle
  2. stud
  3. scarf
  4. casket
  1. comb
  2. crucifix
  3. hoop
  4. jewel
  1. coronet
  2. ornament
  3. slipper

rhymes (14)

Words with the same terminal sound

  1. Hooch
  2. Roach
  1. approach
  2. broach
  1. caroche
  2. coach
  1. encroach
  2. gooch
  1. hooch
  2. poach
  1. pooch
  2. reproach
  1. roach
  2. roche

reverse dictionary (39)

Words that contain this word in their definition

  1. sunburst
  2. broach
  3. rouen cross
  4. stomacher
  5. fibula
  6. chatelaine
  7. breastpin
  1. brooch
  2. mourning-brooch
  3. perone
  4. preen
  5. shield-brooch
  6. shoulder-brooch
  7. broche
  1. dalk
  2. falcon-shaped
  3. luckenbooth brooch
  4. enchase
  5. ouch
  6. scatter pin
  7. clip
  1. plaque
  2. cameo
  3. clasp
  4. pin
  5. slide
  6. acus
  7. bee
  1. Christopher
  2. filigree
  3. guard
  4. guard-chain
  5. jewel
  6. pendant
  7. ring-brooch
  1. shoulder knot
  2. solitaire
  3. mere
  4. tongue

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