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ABROACH
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Dictionary entry overview: What does abroach mean?
• ABROACH (adjective)
The adjective ABROACH has 1 sense:
1. of a cask or barrel
Familiarity information: ABROACH used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Of a cask or barrel
Synonyms:
abroach; broached
Context example:
the cask was set abroach
Similar:
tapped (in a condition for letting out liquid drawn out as by piercing or drawing a plug)
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