different between fastener vs brooch

English

Etymology

fasten +? -er

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?fæs?n?/, /?fæsn?/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?f??s?n?/, /?f??sn?/
• (General New Zealand) IPA^(key): /?f??s?n?/, /?f??sn?/
• Hyphenation: fast?en?er, faste?ner

Noun

fastener (plural fasteners)

1. Something or someone that fastens.
2. Mechanically, any device that fastens; especially, a collective term for items such as screws, nuts, washers, clasps, bolts and the like.

   Synonym: clasp

Derived terms

• pop fastener
• snap fastener
• zip fastener

Descendants

• ? Japanese: ????? (fasun?)

Translations

Further reading

• fastener on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Feenstra, fenestra, refasten

English

Etymology

Variant of broach.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /b???t?/
• (US) enPR: br?ch, IPA^(key): /b?o?t?/, /b?u?t?/
• Rhymes: -??t?, -u?t?
• Homophone: broach

Noun

brooch (plural brooches)

1. A piece of ornamental jewellery having a pin allowing it to be fixed to garments worn on the upper body.

   Synonym: breastpin

   Hypernym: pin

2. A painting all of one colour, such as a sepia painting.

Translations

Verb

brooch (third-person singular simple present brooches, present participle brooching, simple past and past participle brooched)

1. (transitive) To adorn as with a brooch.

References

Luxembourgish

Etymology

From the noun Brooch (“fallow”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /b?o??/

Adjective

brooch (masculine broochen, neuter broocht, comparative méi brooch, superlative am broochsten)

1. fallow

Declension

Derived terms

• broochleeën
• broochleien