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broomstick

broom·stick
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [broom-stik, broo m-]
    • /ˈbrumˌstɪk, ˈbrʊm-/
    • /ˈbruːm.stɪk/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [broom-stik, broo m-]
    • /ˈbrumˌstɪk, ˈbrʊm-/

Definitions of broomstick word

  • countable noun broomstick A broomstick is an old-fashioned broom which has a bunch of small sticks at the end. 3
  • countable noun broomstick A broomstick is the handle of a broom. 3
  • noun broomstick the long handle of a broom 3
  • noun broomstick the long slender handle of a broom. 1
  • noun broomstick handle of broom 1
  • noun broomstick the handle of a broom - a tool used to sweep the floor. 0

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Origin of broomstick

First appearance:

before 1675
One of the 48% oldest English words
First recorded in 1675-85; broom + stick1

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Parts of speech for Broomstick

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

broomstick popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 68% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.

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Synonyms for broomstick

noun broomstick

  • stick — a thrust with a pointed instrument; stab.
  • beanstalk — the stem of a bean plant
  • hatrack — a frame, stand, or post having knobs or hooks for hanging hats.
  • string bean — any of various kinds of bean, as the green bean, the unripe pods of which are used as food, usually after stripping off the fibrous thread along the side.

adj broomstick

  • rangy — (of animals or people) slender and long-limbed.
  • gangly — gangling.
  • spindly — long or tall, thin, and usually frail: The colt wobbled on its spindly legs.
  • gaunt — extremely thin and bony; haggard and drawn, as from great hunger, weariness, or torture; emaciated.
  • slender — having a circumference that is small in proportion to the height or length: a slender post.

Antonyms for broomstick

adj broomstick

  • chubby — A chubby person is rather fat.
  • plump — direct; downright; blunt.
  • squat — to sit in a low or crouching position with the legs drawn up closely beneath or in front of the body; sit on one's haunches or heels.
  • fat — File Allocation Table
  • thick — having relatively great extent from one surface or side to the opposite; not thin: a thick slice.

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