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BROOCH
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A decorative pin worn by women
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("brooch" is a kind of...):
pin (a piece of jewelry that is pinned onto the wearer's garment)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "brooch"):
sunburst (a jeweled brooch with a pattern resembling the sun)
Derivation:
brooch (fasten with or as if with a brooch)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Fasten with or as if with a brooch
Synonyms:
brooch; clasp
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Hypernyms (to "brooch" is one way to...):
fasten; fix; secure (cause to be firmly attached)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Derivation:
brooch (a decorative pin worn by women)
Context examples:
This I quickly was: my best dress (the silver-grey one, purchased for Miss Temple's wedding, and never worn since) was soon put on; my hair was soon smoothed; my sole ornament, the pearl brooch, soon assumed.
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
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