broach

Other forms of broach

plural

broaches·

past tense

broached·

present participle

broaching·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about broach

What does broach mean?

broach means "a decorative pin worn by women". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in broach?

broach has 1 syllable: broach. In IPA it is /ˈbɹoʊtʃ/.

What is another word for broach?

Close synonyms include brooch, breastpin, initiate. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is broach a common word?

broach is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.