What does broom mean?
Definitions for broom
brum, brʊmbroom
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word broom.
Princeton's WordNet
broomnoun
a cleaning implement for sweeping; bundle of straws or twigs attached to a long handle
broomnoun
any of various shrubs of the genera Cytisus or Genista or Spartium having long slender branches and racemes of yellow flowers
heather, ling, Scots heather, broom, Calluna vulgarisverb
common Old World heath represented by many varieties; low evergreen grown widely in the northern hemisphere
sweep, broomverb
sweep with a broom or as if with a broom
"Sweep the crumbs off the table"; "Sweep under the bed"
broomverb
finish with a broom
Wiktionary
broomnoun
A domestic utensil with fibers bound together at the end of a long handle, used for sweeping.
broomnoun
An implement with which players sweep the ice to make a stone travel further and curl less; a broom or sweeper.
broomnoun
Any of several shrubs in the subfamily Faboideae.
broomnoun
Heather, especially common heather, Calluna vulgaris.
broomverb
To sweep.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
BROOMnoun
Etymology: brom, Saxon.
Ev’n humble broom, and osiers, have their use,
And shade for sheep, and food for flocks, produce. Dryden.Not a mouse
Shall disturb this hallow’d house;
I am sent with broom before,
To sweep the dust behind the door. William Shakespeare, Midsum. Night’s Dr.If they came into the best apartment, to set any thing in order, they were saluted with a broom. John Arbuthnot, John Bull.
Wikipedia
Broom
A broom (also known in some forms as a broomstick) is a cleaning tool consisting of usually stiff fibers (often made of materials such as plastic, hair, or corn husks) attached to, and roughly parallel to, a cylindrical handle, the broomstick. It is thus a variety of brush with a long handle. It is commonly used in combination with a dustpan. A distinction is made between a "hard broom" and a "soft broom" and a spectrum in between. Soft brooms are used in some cultures chiefly for sweeping walls of cobwebs and spiders, like a "feather duster", with hard brooms are for rougher tasks like sweeping dirt off sidewalks or concrete floors, or even smoothing and texturing wet concrete. The majority of brooms are somewhere in between, suitable for sweeping the floors of homes and businesses, soft enough to be flexible and to move even light dust, but stiff enough to achieve a firm sweeping action.The broom is also a symbolic object associated with witchcraft and ceremonial magic.
ChatGPT
broom
A broom is a cleaning tool consisting of stiff fibers (often made from materials such as plastic, hair, or corn husks) attached to, and roughly parallel with, a cylindrical handle. It is typically long-handled and used for sweeping floors or other surfaces.
Webster Dictionary
Broomnoun
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
Broomnoun
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
Broomverb
see Bream
Wikidata
Broom
A broom is a cleaning tool consisting of stiff fibers attached to, and roughly parallel to, a cylindrical handle, the broomstick. It is thus a variety of brush with a long handle. It is commonly used in combination with a dustpan.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Broom
brōōm, n. a name given to a number of species of shrubs of the closely allied genera Cytisus, Genista, and Spartium: a besom made of its twigs.—v.t. to sweep with a broom.—ns. Broom′-corn, a species of plant resembling maize, cultivated for its seed and its spikes, of which brooms are made; Broom′-rape, a parasitic plant found adhering to the root of broom, clover, &c.; Broom′staff, Broom′stick, the staff or handle of a broom.—adj. Broom′y, abounding in or consisting of broom.—To marry over the broomstick, or To jump the besom, to go through an irregular form of marriage, in which both jump over a broomstick. [A.S. bróm; Ger. bram.]
Dictionary of Nautical Terms
broom
A besom at the mast-head signifies that the ship is to be sold: derived probably from the old practice of displaying boughs at shops and taverns. Also, a sort of spartium, of which ropes are made.
Editors Contribution
broom
A type of tool created and designed in various colors, handle, materials, mechanisms, shapes, sizes and styles.
Some people use a broom to sweep, others use one as a prop, others use one as part of a costume for Halloween.
Submitted by MaryC on December 18, 2016
Surnames Frequency by Census Records
BROOM
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Broom is ranked #6484 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
The Broom surname appeared 5,236 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 2 would have the surname Broom.
69.3% or 3,632 total occurrences were White.
25.8% or 1,351 total occurrences were Black.
2.3% or 123 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
1.7% or 92 total occurrences were of two or more races.
0.4% or 23 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.
0.2% or 15 total occurrences were Asian.
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of broom in Chaldean Numerology is: 4
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of broom in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9
Examples of broom in a Sentence
There should be less talk a preaching point is not a meeting point. What do you do then Take a broom and clean someone's house. That says enough.
The way I move about a room will make a BROOM gasp and swoon
A new broom sweeps clean!
People always believe new officials are like a new broom, to restore confidence, he (Liu) needs to roll out some exciting reform measures.
She was plucked out basically from a life of luxury… having been raised by the Hearst family, to being tied up in a broom closet for days on end, being indoctrinated to this point of view that, everything having to do with how society was held together was wrong, who among us is to say how we would react under those kinds of circumstances?
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Translations for broom
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- аԥссага, аҩымсагAbkhaz
- besemAfrikaans
- መጥረጊያAmharic
- مكنسة, مقشةArabic
- жулAvaric
- pichañaAymara
- süpürgəAzerbaijani
- һеперткеBashkir
- ве́нік, мятла́Belarusian
- метла́, местя, зановецBulgarian
- brumBislama
- furalanBambara
- ঝাড়ুBengali
- ཕྱགས་མTibetan Standard
- balaenn, skubelenn, balanBreton
- escombra, ginestaCatalan, Valencian
- девзигChechen
- eskobaChamorro
- mazzula, cappiaCorsican
- ᐁᐧᐸᐦᐃᑲᐣ, ᐁᐧᐹᐦᑕᑲᐦᐃᑲᐣCree
- koště, smetákCzech
- шăпăрChuvash
- banadl, ysgubellWelsh
- kostDanish
- Besen, GinsterGerman
- fihigan'duDivehi
- ཕྱགསམDzongkha
- σκούπα, αφάνα, σαρώνω, σκουπίζωGreek
- balailoEsperanto
- escobillón, escobaSpanish
- luud, pühkimaEstonian
- erratzaBasque
- جاروبPersian
- harja, vihma, luuta, väriherne, lakaista, luutiaFinnish
- kusturFaroese
- ramon, genêt, balai, balayerFrench
- biezemWestern Frisian
- giolcach shléibhe, scuabIrish
- bealaidh, sguabScottish Gaelic
- varrer, vasoiraGalician
- skeabManx
- másháaríiHausa
- מטאטא, רותםHebrew
- झाड़ूHindi
- baleHaitian Creole
- seprűHungarian
- ավելArmenian
- scopaInterlingua
- sapuIndonesian
- genista, balayeInterlingue
- azịzaIgbo
- salikkuunInupiaq
- balayiloIdo
- sópur, kústurIcelandic
- scopa, granata, ramazza, scopare, ginestra, ramazzare, spazzareItalian
- ᓴᓂᐅᑎᒃInuktitut
- 箒, 帚, ほうきJapanese
- sapuJavanese
- ცოცხიGeorgian
- сыпырғышKazakh
- saligutitKalaallisut, Greenlandic
- អំបោសKhmer
- ಪೊರಕೆKannada
- 빗자루, 비Korean
- گسک لێدان, گسک, gezikKurdish
- skubel, skubyllenCornish
- шыпыргыKyrgyz
- scopa, everriculum, scopaeLatin
- BiesemLuxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- bessemLimburgish, Limburgan, Limburger
- likomboLingala
- ຟອຽ, ຄັນຍູ, ລິ້ວຕາດ, ຍູປັດLao
- šluotaLithuanian
- slotaLatvian
- famafa, borosin-tranoMalagasy
- puruma, tainoka, taunokaMāori
- метла, метеMacedonian
- ചൂല്Malayalam
- шүүрMongolian
- केरसुणीMarathi
- penyapuMalay
- ġummarMaltese
- တံမြက်စည်းBurmese
- झाडुNepali
- bezem, bremDutch
- kost, sopelimeNorwegian
- escoba, balaja, balejaOccitan
- harataa, hartuuOromo
- уисойOssetian, Ossetic
- ਝਾੜੂPanjabi, Punjabi
- szczotka, miotła, janowiec, zamiataćPolish
- رېبزPashto, Pushto
- vassoura, vassoira, giesta, giesteira, gesta, varrerPortuguese
- pichanaQuechua
- scuaRomansh
- umukubūzoKirundi
- mătură, drobRomanian
- ве́ник, подмести́, мести́, щётка, подмета́ть, метла́Russian
- umukubuzo, umweyoKinyarwanda
- सम्मार्जनीSanskrit
- iscoba, iscobulu, iscopa, iscovaSardinian
- мѐтла, mètlaSerbo-Croatian
- කොස්සSinhala, Sinhalese
- metlaSlovak
- metlaSlovene
- salu, pulumuSamoan
- mutsvairoShona
- xaaqin, minfiiqSomali
- fshesëAlbanian
- leswiêlô, lefieloSouthern Sotho
- sapuSundanese
- sopa, borsta, kvast, ginst, borsteSwedish
- ufagioSwahili
- துடைப்பம்Tamil
- చీపురుTelugu
- ҷорубTajik
- ไม้กวาดThai
- መኾስተር, መዀስተርTigrinya
- sübseTurkmen
- walis, walis-tamboTagalog
- süpürgeTurkish
- себеркеTatar
- porōmu, purūmuTahitian
- سۈپۈرگە, сүпүргә, süpürgeUyghur, Uighur
- мітла́, ві́никUkrainian
- جھاڑوUrdu
- supurgiUzbek
- cây chổi, chổiVietnamese
- svipVolapük
- ramonWalloon
- baleWolof
- umtshayeloXhosa
- בעזעםYiddish
- ìgbálẹ̀, ọwọ̀Yoruba
- umshanelo, umshayeloZulu
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