broom

Nouns

  • (n) a cleaning implement for sweeping; bundle of straws or twigs attached to a long handle
  • (n) any of various shrubs of the genera Cytisus or Genista or Spartium having long slender branches and racemes of yellow flowers
  • (n) common Old World heath represented by many varieties; low evergreen grown widely in the northern hemisphere Calluna vulgaris, heather, Scots heather, ling,

Verbs

  • (v) sweep with a broom or as if with a broom
    • Sweep the crumbs off the table
    • Sweep under the bed
    sweep,
  • (v) finish with a broom

Synonyms

sweep Calluna vulgaris heather Scots heather ling

Words of close approximity

brood brook
brow
broad Broca broil broke brome bronc Bronx brood brook broth Brown
broom beard grass broom closet broomcorn broomcorn millet broom grass broom handle broom palm broomrape family broom sedge broom snakeroot broom snakeweed broomstick broom tree broomweed broom-weed