Plural of brooch
regular plural
The plural of brooch is brooches.
Forms of brooch
| Singular | brooch /bɹəʊtʃ/ |
|---|---|
| Plural | brooches |
| Countable | countable |
Brooches in a sentence
- The woman frowned and tinkered with one of the cheap brooches that held her shoulderstraps.1992, Sheelagh Kelly, chapter 20, in Jorvik: A Tale of the Last Viking, London: Century, →ISBN, page 395. From the entry shoulderstrap
- Homage became nightly tangible in bouquets, rings, brooches—things acceptable and (luckier than their donors) accepted.1911, Max Beerbohm, chapter II, in Zuleika Dobson. From the entry postprandially
- Their place in the chronology of the big cemeteries is indicated by the less richly-decorated double-springed bronze brooches which are found here.1970, Kazimierz Godłowski, “The chronology of the Late Roman and early migration periods in Central Europe”, in Acta scientiarum…. From the entry cemetery
Meaning of brooch
- noun A piece of ornamental jewellery having a pin allowing it to be fixed to garments worn on the upper body.
- noun A painting all of one colour, such as a sepia painting.
- verb To adorn as with a brooch.
Questions about the plural of brooch
- What is the plural of brooch?
- The plural of brooch is brooches.
- Is brooch countable?
- Brooch is a countable noun.
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