Broch

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/brɒk/, /brɒx/US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(Scot. broкн, bruкн)


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broch  (Scot. broкн, bruкн),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Archaeologya circular stone tower built around the beginning of the Christian era, having an inner and an outer wall, found on the Orkney Islands, Shetland Islands, the Hebrides, and the mainland of Scotland.
  • Scots, metathetic variant of burgh 1645–55

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
broch / brɒk brɒx/
  1. (in Scotland) a circular dry-stone tower large enough to serve as a fortified home; they date from the Iron Age and are found esp in the north and the islands
Etymology: 17th Century: from Old Norse borg; related to Old English burh settlement, burgh
'Broch' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
broach - brock - brough - burgh - burr

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