brooches pronunciation

The noun brooch refers to an ornamental pin that’s usually worn at the neck. The two words are pronounced alike: brōch (rhymes with coach).

Why is brooch pronounced broach?

To broach a subject is to bring it up. A brooch is a decorative pin. These words sound exactly the same! They rhyme with “coach.” Both come from a word root meaning “something pointy,” but the spelling brooch branched off as a word for the piece of jewelry.

How do the British pronounce brooch?

A: Yes, “brooch” is usually pronounced in the US and the UK to rhyme with “roach,” but some American dictionaries recognize a variant pronunciation that rhymes with “smooch.” And some US dictionaries also recognize the variant spelling “broach” when the word for the ornamental pin is pronounced like “roach.”

What are brooches in English?

Definition of brooch

: an ornament that is held by a pin or clasp and is worn at or near the neck.

Do you broach the subject?

When you broach a subject, especially a sensitive one, you mention it in order to start a discussion on it.

What is the opposite of broach?

Antonyms. disorganise refrain take stay in place exclude uninitiate unmask.

Is a brooch and a pin the same thing?

Technically speaking, pins and brooches are both decorative pieces of jewelry that attach to clothing with a sharpened metal wire on the back. However, pins are the general category for such pieces of jewelry, and brooches are a specific type of pin. So, all brooches are pins, but all pins are not brooches.

What is the plural of brooch?

brooch /ˈbroʊtʃ/ noun. plural brooches.

How do you spell Broche?

broche
ˈbrōsh plural -s.bro·ché | (ˈ)brō¦shā \ ” plural -s.

What is the sentence of brooch?

She wore a small silver brooch. 4. Her brooch caught the rays of the setting sun.

What is the synonym of brooch?

In this page you can discover 25 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for brooch, like: pin, ornament, breastpin, bangle, jewelry, broach, clasp, penannular, necklet, armlet and brooches.

Is Ouch a brooch?

Other definitions for ouch (2 of 2)

a clasp, buckle, or brooch, especially one worn for ornament. the setting of a precious stone.

Can you broach a conversation?

When you broach a subject, especially a sensitive one, you mention it in order to start a discussion on it.

Is Broachable a word?

Broachable definition

That can be broached (opened for discussion).

What does tarrying mean?

intransitive verb. 1a : to delay or be tardy in acting or doing. b : to linger in expectation : wait. 2 : to abide or stay in or at a place. tarry.