broom

Speech parts

1. broom - Noun

2. broom - Verb

3. broom - Interjection

4. Broom - Proper noun

Meaning

A plant having twigs suitable for making brooms to sweep with when bound together; esp., the Cytisus scoparius of Western Europe, which is a low shrub with long, straight, green, angular branches, minute leaves, and large yellow flowers.

An implement for sweeping floors, etc., commonly made of the panicles or tops of broom corn, bound together or attached to a long wooden handle; -- so called because originally made of the twigs of the broom.

See Bream.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

ling heather sweep Scots heather heath bream gorse comb genet coreopsis adult vacuum clean sail swept
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Antonyms

sully mark dust foul dirty stain
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Hypernyms

bush heath finish wipe shrub pass over

Hyponyms

whisk besom greenweed whin Spanish broom Scotch broom

Phrases with the word

Devil's Broom fire Scots broom Loch Broom weaver's broom corn broom mountain broom

Anagrams

bromo Rombo

Examples

The broom wasn't as comforting as a flamethrower would have been, but it was better than a mop and certainly more threatening than a feather duster. Dean Koontz

I do chores around the house, but I don't get an allowance for them. I wash the dishes and sweep the floor... I'm sweeping the floor quite a lot, and my mum always expects me to get a broom and swagger it across the floor all the time. Callan McAuliffe

Give me a guitar, give me a piano, give me a broom and string; I wouldn't get bored anywhere. Keith Richards

A broom is sturdy because its strands are tightly bound. Filipino Proverb

A new broom sweeps clean. English Proverb

A new broom sweeps in a new way. Russian Proverb

Close letter words and terms

brookweed Brookwood brool broom beard grass broom bush broom closet