Brooch
/bɹoʊt͡ʃ/ noun, verb
noun, verb ·Moderate ·College level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A piece of ornamental jewellery having a pin allowing it to be fixed to garments worn on the upper body.
- 2 a decorative pin worn by women wordnet
- 3 A painting all of one colour, such as a sepia painting.
Verb
- 1 To adorn as with a brooch. transitive
"Not the imperious show / Of the full-fortuned Caesar ever shall / Be brooch'd with me."
- 2 fasten with or as if with a brooch wordnet
Example
More examples"This brooch goes well with your sweater."
Etymology
Variant of broach.