brooch
noun /brəʊtʃ/
/brəʊtʃ/, /bruːtʃ/
(especially British English) (North American English usually pin)
- a piece of jewellery with a pin on the back of it, that can be fastened to your clothes
enlarge image- She pinned a large amethyst brooch to her lapel.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- cameo
- diamond
- pearl
- …
- have on
- wear
- pin
- …
Word OriginMiddle English: variant of broach, a noun originally meaning ‘skewer, bodkin’, from Old French broche ‘spit for roasting’, based on Latin brocchus, broccus ‘projecting’. Compare with broach.
