Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A piece of jewelry that is worn on a piece of clothing, attached with a pin that clasps shut.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An ornamental clasp consisting of a pin and a projecting or covering shield, used for fastening the dress, or merely for display.
- To adorn with or as with a brooch or brooches.
- noun A monotint, or picture in one color, as a sepia sketch.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb rare To adorn as with a brooch.
- noun An ornament, in various forms, with a tongue, pin, or loop for attaching it to a garment; now worn at the breast by women; a breastpin. Formerly worn by men on the hat.
- noun (Paint.) A painting all of one color, as a sepia painting, or an India painting.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A piece of women’s
ornamental jewellery having apin allowing it to be fixed togarments worn on the upper body. - verb transitive To
adorn as with a brooch.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a decorative pin worn by women
- verb fasten with or as if with a brooch
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Yet these were the years that most intrigued me; as I continued my research, I found out she may have had a broken romance with Prince Leopold of England but ended up marrying another man (while wearing a diamond brooch from the Prince on her wedding dress); as a mother, she suffered heartbreak during
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Vintage Gold Toned Leaf Pin/Brooch Sarah Coventry butterfly pin brooch gold silver enamel cloisonne 1. 2″
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VINTAGE AVON BRUSHED GOLD APPLE PIN/BROOCH butterfly pin brooch gold silver enamel cloisonne 2″
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Sunburst pin brooch Pink and White with goldtone metal
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For the brooch is an engagement present from Tsar Nicholas II, the last emperor of Russia, to then Princess Alix of Hesse who was to become his wife in 1894.
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That there would be a time, lurking in the foggy years to come, when the brooch was the lone key to her survival.
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That there would be a time, lurking in the foggy years to come, when the brooch was the lone key to her survival.
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That there would be a time, lurking in the foggy years to come, when the brooch was the lone key to her survival.
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That there would be a time, lurking in the foggy years to come, when the brooch was the lone key to her survival.
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The 4cm-long brooch, which is about three quarters intact, was found alongside a broken silver coin.
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