ALL meanings of broom
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B b - countable noun broom A broom is a kind of brush with a long handle. You use a broom for sweeping the floor. 3
- uncountable noun broom Broom is a wild bush with a lot of tiny yellow flowers. 3
- noun broom an implement for sweeping consisting of a long handle to which is attached either a brush of straw, bristles, or twigs, bound together, or a solid head into which are set tufts of bristles or fibres 3
- noun broom any of various yellow-flowered Eurasian leguminous shrubs of the genera Cytisus, Genista, and Spartium, esp C. scoparius 3
- noun broom any of various similar Eurasian plants of the related genera Genista and Spartium 3
- verb broom to sweep with a broom 3
- noun broom any of a group of flowering shrubs (esp. genera Cytisus, Genista, and Spartium) of the pea family, often grown for their abundant, usually yellow, flowers 3
- noun broom a bundle of long, stiff fibers or straws (originally twigs of broom) fastened to a long handle, used for sweeping 3
- verb transitive broom to sweep as with a broom 3
- noun broom for sweeping 1
- noun broom evergreen shrub 1
- noun broom an implement for sweeping, consisting of a brush of straw or stiff strands of synthetic material bound tightly to the end of a long handle. 1
- noun broom any shrubby plant belonging to the genus Genista or the genus Cytisus, of the legume family, especially C. scoparius, common in Western Europe on uncultivated ground and having long, slender branches bearing yellow flowers. 1
- noun broom Building Trades. the crushed and spread part at the head of a wooden pile after driving. 1
- verb with object broom to sweep: Broom the porch. 1
- verb with object broom to splinter or fray mechanically. 1
- verb with object broom to crush and spread the top of (a piling, tent peg, etc.) by pounding or driving with a hammer or the like. 1
- verb with object broom to brush (freshly poured concrete) with a broom to give a nonskid surface, as to walks or driveways. 1
- verb without object broom (of a piling, tent peg, etc.) to be crushed and spread at the top from being driven. 1
- noun broom (Countable Noun) A domestic utensil with fibers bound together at the end of a long handle, used for sweeping. 0
- noun broom (Countable Noun) (curling) An implement with which players sweep the ice to make a stone travel further and curl less; a sweeper. 0
- noun broom Any of several yellow-flowered shrubs of the family Fabaceae, in the genera Cytisus, Genista, and Spartium, with long, thin branches and small or few leaves. 0
- verb broom (Transitive Verb) VI To sweep. 0
- verb broom (nautical) Alternative form of bream (to clean a ship's bottom). 0