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HOW TO PRONOUNCE

brooch

/bɹoʊt͡ʃ/

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What does brooch mean?

noun

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

verb

  1. To adorn as with a brooch.

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IPA pronunciation

/bɹoʊt͡ʃ/

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Other dictionary pronunciations

/bɹut͡ʃ/
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She paused, and fixed her eyes on the brooch with a blue stone that Charity had pinned to her blouse.
Edith WhartonSummerProject Gutenberg ebook #166
As she said the words the brooch flew open, and the Queen clutched wildly at it, and tried to clasp it again.
Lewis CarrollThrough the Looking-GlassProject Gutenberg ebook #12
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Anne persisted in denying that she knew anything about the brooch but Marilla was only the more firmly convinced that she did.
L. M. (Lucy Maud) MontgomeryAnne of Green GablesProject Gutenberg ebook #45
As she unfastened her brooch at the mirror, she smiled faintly to see her face all smeared with the yellow dust of lilies.
D. H. (David Herbert) LawrenceSons and LoversProject Gutenberg ebook #217
Not a counterfeit stone, not a ribbon, glass, pomander, brooch, table-book, ballad, knife, tape, glove, shoe-tie, bracelet, horn-ring, to keep my pack from fasting.
William ShakespeareThe Complete Works of William ShakespeareProject Gutenberg ebook #100