English
Verb
broaching
- present participle and gerund of broach
Noun
broaching (uncountable)
- A type of machining in which a tool (either rotating or nonrotating) moves through a linear toolpath to cut internal shapes that have corners.
- Hypernyms: machining < cutting
- Coordinate terms: slotting, shaping, drilling, reaming, milling, grinding; turning, boring, planing