Broomie vs. Broom

Broomienoun

(informal) A person who wields a broom.

Broomnoun

(countable) A domestic utensil with fibers bound together at the end of a long handle, used for sweeping.

Broomienoun

A person who sweeps the floor and possibly does other menial tasks in a shearing shed.

Broomnoun

An implement with which players sweep the ice to make a stone travel further and curl less; a sweeper.

Broomienoun

A broomtail (unbroken range mare).

Broomnoun

Any of several yellow-flowered shrubs of the family Fabaceae, in the tribe Genisteae, including genera Cytisus, Genista, and Spartium, with long, thin branches and small or few leaves.

Broomverb

To sweep with a broom.

Broomverb

(roofing) To improve the embedding of a membrane by using a broom or squeegee to smooth it out and ensure contact with the adhesive under the membrane.

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.

‘No gypsy cowered o'er fires of furze and broom.’;

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made of the panicles or tops of broom corn, bound together or attached to a long wooden handle; - so called because originally made of the twigs of the broom.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.

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

Broomnoun

common Old World heath represented by many varieties; low evergreen grown widely in the northern hemisphere

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

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.