HOW TO PRONOUNCE
brooch
/bɹoʊt͡ʃ/
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What does brooch mean?
noun
- A piece of ornamental jewellery having a pin allowing it to be fixed to garments worn on the upper body.
- A painting all of one colour, such as a sepia painting.
verb
- To adorn as with a brooch.
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IPA pronunciation
/bɹoʊt͡ʃ/
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She paused, and fixed her eyes on the brooch with a blue stone that Charity had pinned to her blouse.
As she said the words the brooch flew open, and the Queen clutched wildly at it, and tried to clasp it again.
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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.
As she unfastened her brooch at the mirror, she smiled faintly to see her face all smeared with the yellow dust of lilies.
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.