broom | ||
1. | [ noun ] a cleaning implement for sweeping; bundle of straws or twigs attached to a long handle | |
Related terms: | cleaning_implement besom push_broom whisk broomstick sweep | |
2. | [ verb ] finish with a broom | |
Related terms: | finish | |
3. | [ noun ] (botany) any of various shrubs of the genera Cytisus or Genista or Spartium having long slender branches and racemes of yellow flowers | |
Related terms: | shrub weeping_tree_broom common_broom broom_tree Spanish_broom woodwaxen Spanish_broom white_broom Papilionoideae | |
4. | [ verb ] sweep with a broom or as if with a broom | |
Synonyms: | sweep | |
Examples: | "Sweep the crumbs off the table" "Sweep under the bed" |
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Related terms: | wipe sweep sweeping carpet_sweeper | |
5. | [ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 6559 | |
6. | [ noun ] (botany) common Old World heath represented by many varieties; low evergreen grown widely in the northern hemisphere | |
Synonyms: | heather Scots_heather Calluna_vulgaris ling | |
Related terms: | heath Calluna | |
Similar spelling: |
Broome brome brim brno Brama Brame bream Brehm Breon Brimm Brion Bryum Brown Brumm bruno Brwon Bryon Broun Brahma browne briony brummy bryony brahmi brownie brummie Braham |