BROOCH

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does brooch mean? 

• BROOCH (noun)
  The noun BROOCH has 1 sense:

1. a decorative pin worn by women

  Familiarity information: BROOCH used as a noun is very rare.

• BROOCH (verb)
  The verb BROOCH has 1 sense:

1. fasten with or as if with a brooch

  Familiarity information: BROOCH used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BROOCH (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A decorative pin worn by women

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

breastpin; broach; brooch

Hypernyms ("brooch" is a kind of...):

pin (a piece of jewelry that is pinned onto the wearer's garment)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "brooch"):

sunburst (a jeweled brooch with a pattern resembling the sun)

Derivation:

brooch (fasten with or as if with a brooch)

• BROOCH (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Fasten with or as if with a brooch

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Synonyms:

brooch; clasp

Hypernyms (to "brooch" is one way to...):

fasten; fix; secure (cause to be firmly attached)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

brooch (a decorative pin worn by women)

 Context examples 

"You want a brooch," said Mrs. Fairfax.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

Then she ran into the kitchen, and cooked the king’s soup; and as soon as the cook was gone, she put the golden brooch into the dish.

(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)

Sir Nigel was still in his velvet dress of peace, with flat velvet cap of maintenance, and curling ostrich feather clasped in a golden brooch.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

A set of silver filagree was added, bracelets, necklace, brooch, and even earrings, for Hortense tied them on with a bit of pink silk which did not show.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

They were dressed alike, but this sister wore her dress with a more youthful air than the other; and perhaps had a trifle more frill, or tucker, or brooch, or bracelet, or some little thing of that kind, which made her look more lively.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

Heavy bands of astrakhan were slashed across the sleeves and fronts of his double-breasted coat, while the deep blue cloak which was thrown over his shoulders was lined with flame-coloured silk and secured at the neck with a brooch which consisted of a single flaming beryl.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

She had round red arms, a dress of some sober woollen stuff, and a brass brooch the size of a cheese-cake stuck in the front of it.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

She was just fastening my veil (the plain square of blond after all) to my hair with a brooch; I hurried from under her hands as soon as I could.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

How can I be otherwise? said Mrs. March gratefully, as her eyes went from her husband's letter to Beth's smiling face, and her hand caressed the brooch made of gray and golden, chestnut and dark brown hair, which the girls had just fastened on her breast.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

When all were ready, the king sent them to her; but she got up in the night when all were asleep, and took three of her trinkets, a golden ring, a golden necklace, and a golden brooch, and packed the three dresses—of the sun, the moon, and the stars—up in a nutshell, and wrapped herself up in the mantle made of all sorts of fur, and besmeared her face and hands with soot.

(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)