What does broom mean?
Definitions for broom
brum, brʊmbroom
Here are all the possible meanings and translations of the word broom.
Princeton's WordNet
broom(noun)
a cleaning implement for sweeping; bundle of straws or twigs attached to a long handle
broom(noun)
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 vulgaris(verb)
common Old World heath represented by many varieties; low evergreen grown widely in the northern hemisphere
sweep, broom(verb)
sweep with a broom or as if with a broom
"Sweep the crumbs off the table"; "Sweep under the bed"
broom(verb)
finish with a broom
Wiktionary
broom(Noun)
A domestic utensil with fibers bound together at the end of a long handle, used for sweeping.
broom(Noun)
An implement with which players sweep the ice to make a stone travel further and curl less; a broom or sweeper.
broom(Noun)
Any of several shrubs in the subfamily Faboideae.
broom(Noun)
Heather, especially common heather, Calluna vulgaris.
broom(Verb)
To sweep.
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.
Webster Dictionary
Broom(noun)
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
Broom(noun)
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
Broom(verb)
see Bream
Freebase
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
Anagrams for broom »
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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
Patty Hearst was plucked out basically from a life of luxury … having been raised by the Patty 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 ?
Grab the broom of anger and drive off the beast of fear.
Although the incident does not appear to have been sexually motivated, the charges reflect that the attack involved an attempted or threatened penetration with a broom handle while one student was restrained by several others.
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?
People in spic and span uniform with broom in hand for a day are only for photo session and not actually for their participation in cleanliness drive.
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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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