broach

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA ^(key): /brəʊtʃ/
• (US) IPA ^(key): /broʊt͡ʃ/

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Verb

Plain form broach

Third-person singular broaches

Past tense broached

Past participle broached

Present participle broaching

1. (transitive) If you broach a barrel, you make a hole in it so as to draw the liquid.
2. (transitive) (figurative) If you broach a subject, you begin a discussion about it.
3. (intransitive) If a ship broaches, it turns sideways to oncoming waves.