Word Meanings - BROACH - Book Publishers vocabulary database

A broad chisel for stonecutting. (more info) 1. A spit. He turned a broach that had worn a crown. Bacon. 2. An awl; a bodkin; also, a wooden rod or pin, sharpened at each end, used by thatchers. Forby. A tool of steel, generally tapering, and

Additional info about word: BROACH

A broad chisel for stonecutting. (more info) 1. A spit. He turned a broach that had worn a crown. Bacon. 2. An awl; a bodkin; also, a wooden rod or pin, sharpened at each end, used by thatchers. Forby. A tool of steel, generally tapering, and of a polygonal form, with from four to eight cutting edges, for smoothing or enlarging holes in metal; sometimes made smooth or without edges, as for burnishing pivot holes in watches; a reamer. The broach for gun barrels is commonly square and without taper. A straight tool with file teeth, made of steel, to be pressed through irregular holes in metal that cannot be dressed by revolving tools; a drift.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of BROACH)

• Propagate
• Breed
• generate
• produce
• originate
• spread
• extend
• expand
• disseminate
• diffuse
• increase
• multiply
• promulgate
• propound
• broach
• Propound
• Propose
• express
• declare
• maintain
• advocate
• propagate

Related words: (words related to BROACH)

• BREATHE
  Etym: 1. To respire; to inhale and exhale air; hence;, to live. "I am in health, I breathe." Shak. Breathes there a man with soul so dead Sir W. Scott. 2. To take breath; to rest from action. Well! breathe awhile, and then to it again! Shak. 3.
• BREVIARY
  summary, abridgment, neut. noun fr. breviarius abridged, fr. brevis 1. An abridgment; a compend; an epitome; a brief account or summary. A book entitled the abridgment or breviary of those roots that are to be cut up or gathered. Holland. 2. A
• MAINTAIN
  by the hand; main hand + F. tenir to hold . See 1. To hold or keep in any particular state or condition; to support; to sustain; to uphold; to keep up; not to suffer to fail or decline; as, to maintain a certain degree of heat in a furnace;
• BREAKMAN
  See BRAKEMAN
• SPREADINGLY
  , adv. Increasingly. The best times were spreadingly infected. Milton.
• BREAKABLE
  Capable of being broken.
• BREADEN
  Made of bread.
• BREECHCLOTH
  A cloth worn around the breech.
• ADVOCATE
  advocatus, one summoned or called to another; properly the p. p. of advocare to call to, call to one's aid; ad + vocare to call. See 1. One who pleads the cause of another. Specifically: One who pleads the cause of another before a tribunal or
• PROPOSER
  1. One who proposes or offers anything for consideration or adoption. 2. A speaker; an orator. Shak.
• BREADBASKET
  The stomach. S. Foote.
• BREWER
  One who brews; one whose occupation is to prepare malt liquors.
• BREAD
  To spread. Ray.
• PRODUCEMENT
  Production.
• BREADFRUIT
  The tree itself, which is one of considerable size, with large, lobed leaves. Cloth is made from the bark, and the timber is used for many purposes. Called also breadfruit tree and bread tree. (more info) 1. The fruit of a tree found
• BREQUET CHAIN
  A watch-guard.
• BRETFUL
  Brimful. Chaucer.
• EXTENDLESSNESS
  Unlimited extension. An . . . extendlessness of excursions. Sir. M. Hale.
• BRENNAGE
  A tribute which tenants paid to their lord, in lieu of bran, which they were obliged to furnish for his hounds.
• BREVITY
  1. Shortness of duration; briefness of time; as, the brevity of human life. 2. Contraction into few words; conciseness. Brevity is the soul of wit. Shak. This argument is stated by St. John with his usual elegant brevity and simplicity.
• UNDERBRED
  Not thoroughly bred; ill-bred; as, an underbred fellow. Goldsmith.
• MAKE AND BREAK
  Any apparatus for making and breaking an electric circuit; a circuit breaker.
• CHICKEN-BREASTED
  Having a narrow, projecting chest, caused by forward curvature of the vertebral column.
• REINCREASE
  To increase again.
• LIBRETTO
  A book containing the words of an opera or extended piece of music. The words themselves.
• LAWBREAKER
  One who disobeys the law; a criminal. -- Law"break`ing, n. & a.
• SABRE
  See SABER
• TIMBREL
  A kind of drum, tabor, or tabret, in use from the highest antiquity. Miriam . . . took a timbrel in her hand, and all the women went out after her with timbrels and with dances. Ex. xv. 20. (more info) typmanum, Gr. tabl a drum; cf. Per. tambal
• SPANKING BREEZE
  a strong breeze.
• SINGLE-BREASTED
  Lapping over the breast only far enough to permit of buttoning, and having buttons on one edge only; as, a single-breasted coast.
• BROKEN BREAST
  Abscess of the mammary gland.
• CROSSBRED
  Produced by mixing distinct breeds; mongrel.
• BARLEY-BREE
  Liquor made from barley; strong ale. Burns.