Broach may refer to: *

Broaching (metalworking) Broaching is a machining process that uses a toothed tool, called a broach, to remove material. There are two main types of broaching: ''linear'' and ''rotary''. In linear broaching, which is the more common process, the broach is run linearly a ...

, a machining operation that uses a metalworking tool with a series of chisel points mounted on one piece of steel *

Broach (nautical) A broach is an abrupt, involuntary change in a vessel's course, towards the wind, resulting from loss of directional control, when the vessel's rudder becomes ineffective. This can be caused by ''wind'' or ''wave'' action. A wind gust can heel ...

, a sudden loss of control of a vessel caused either by wind action or wave action *

BROACH warhead The Bomb Royal Ordnance Augmented Charge (BROACH) is a multi-stage warhead developed by BAE Systems Global Combat Systems Munitions, Thales Missile Electronics and QinetiQ. Development of BROACH began in 1991 when Team BROACH consisted of Br ...

, an advanced multi-stage warhead developed by a consortium of British companies *

Broach spire A broach spire is a type of spire (tall pyramidal structure), which usually sits atop a tower or turret of a church. It starts on a square base and is carried up to a tapering octagonal spire by means of triangular faces. File:Leicester Cathedral ...

, a spire that starts on a square base and is carried up to a tapering octagonal spire by means of triangular faces *

Barbed broach A barbed broach is a hand-operated endodontic tool used to remove the pulp tissue during root canal treatments. They have been in widespread use at least since the early 1900s, and their introduction allowed dentists to remove tissue from much sma ...

, a dental instrument *

Bharuch Bharuch () is a city at the mouth of the river Narmada in Gujarat in western India. Bharuch is the administrative headquarters of Bharuch District. The city of Bharuch and surroundings have been settled since times of antiquity. It was a shi ...

, in older English sources spelled Broach (in Sanskrit documents known as Bhrigukaccha, also Bharukaccha; Greeks knew it as Barygaza), is a city at the mouth of the river Narmada in Gujarat in western India. Bharuch is the administrative headquarters of Bharuch District. *

Brioche Brioche (, also , , ) is a bread of French origin whose high egg and butter content gives it a rich and tender crumb. Chef Joël Robuchon described it as "light and slightly puffy, more or less fine, according to the proportion of butter and e ...

—it is a bread‏.

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Chris Broach Christopher Robert Broach (born September 5, 1976 in Madison, Wisconsin) is one of the guitarists/vocalists in the 1990s emo band Braid. Broach joined Braid in 1994, recording guitar for the band's first 7-inch release a week later. Career Wh ...

(born 1976), American musician in the band Braid *

Elise Broach Elise Broach (born September 20, 1963) is an American writer. Her publications include the acclaimed novels ''Shakespeare's Secret'', ''Desert Crossing'', and ''Masterpiece''. She holds undergraduate and graduate degrees in history from Yale Uni ...

(born 1963), American author

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