brooch

Plural: brooches

Noun

• An ornamental pin fastened to clothing, often decorative.
• a decorative pin worn by women
• A piece of ornamental jewellery having a pin allowing it to be fixed to garments worn on the upper body.
• A painting all of one colour, such as a sepia painting.

Verb

• fasten with or as if with a brooch
• To adorn as with a brooch.

Examples

• The elegant player treated each high-scoring word as a precious BROOCH to adorn her board.

Synonyms

breastpin, broach, clasp