noun, verb ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A piece of ornamental jewellery having a pin allowing it to be fixed to garments worn on the upper body.
2. 2
   a decorative pin worn by women wordnet
3. 3
   A painting all of one colour, such as a sepia painting.

Verb

1. 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. 2
   fasten with or as if with a brooch wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

breastpinbreastpinpinankletarmletbangle

Example

More examples

"This brooch goes well with your sweater."

Etymology

Variant of broach.

Related phrases

Luckenbooth brooch

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